Review: Best suited for 2nd-5th graders, this attractive resource combines clear, age-appropriate definitions with easy-to-understand pronunciation cues in which no symbols are used (not a schwa in sight!) Instead, pronunciation is indicated through a phonetic spelling of the word ?so that baseball is shown as (bayss-bawl). Adding to this dictionary뭩 appeal are the abundant, full-color photos and drawings ?an average of one on every page, including well-labeled diagrams of everything from an 멲irplane?to the 멺reenhouse effect?to an erupting 몎olcano? Also sprinkled throughout are informative, color-coded boxes that give word histories, synonyms, prefixes, suffixes, and notes on language use. Following the A-Z word list, there are world and U.S. maps (though some of the world map is lost in the book뭩 gutter), flags of the world, a list of the U.S. presidents (through Clinton), and the Braille and American Sign Language alphabets. Though published in 1996, it is still relatively up-to-date: included are definitions for AIDS, cyberspace, e-mail (though not Internet), PC (as in politically correct), and global warming. This attractive children뭩 dictionary makes a good choice for lower and middle elementary home reference shelves.