This is a fantastic tool for writers of all ages. My fourth graders now enthusiastically look up words whenever they are not sure. It is so simple to use even reluctant writers go to it, but the wide range of vocabulary means that I use it, too. I have cherished our few classroom copies during the years when local bookstores said it was not available. I am so excited to find it again. This is the outstanding answer to the age-old writing question, "How do you look up the spelling when you don't know how to spell it?"

This is the single most useful book in my library. I use it several times a day. My congradulations to the Authors for
writing this most useful book.

Those of us who do not arrange our internal view of the world
visually suffer greatly with the spelling of English. This book
solves the major problem for me. For,without this book I can not
spell the word close enough for a spell checker to "fix" it.

Again many thanks for writing this most useful book.
Jonathan Stinehelfer

I am a fourth grade teacher and have used this book in my classroom and recommend it to all my parents for home use. A dictionary doesn't help kids spell. They just get frustrated and never find the word. Using phonetic spelling, this book ACTUALLY helps kids find the correct spelling. Kids fight over these books in my classroom. Great if you want to stop answering those same old "How do you spell ______? questions.

I could not expect anything more from a thesauras. This has all the words I, through my preteen years, have needed, without boggling my mind with lots of words that I never try to use. I don't feel overwhelmed, but I DO find the information I need.

This thesaurus is:
Fantastic
Excellent
High Quality
Stupendous
Superiour
and least, but not last, very good!

All joking aside, it's a thesaurus. It's a good value and as good as any other thesaurus.

_The_Clear_and_Simple_Thesaurus_Dictionary is the most practical thesaurus I have found for use with my fourth- and fifth-grade students. Unlike many thesauruses, it is formatted in a style that students (and adults!) will find familiar and easy to use. While not as comprehensive in scope as those designed for college use, this thesaurus allows students the satisfaction of finding synonyms or associated words for almost any word they might need. I had not found this to be true of other "beginning" thesauruses, which was a frustration to both my students and to me. This gem was a major find, and is now in regular use in my classroom. I highly recommend it to any teacher of intermediate or junior high age students, as well as to parents who want a truly helpful resource for their school-age children.

I bought this for my 6 year old. She loves to read and really loves to write stories. She can use this book, but it will also grow with her. She should benefit from this one for several years. In the meantime, we have a lot of fun as she's learning "what another word for___?"

This is the best young Thesaurus we have found. It's organized similar to "the big boys" and is easy to read and use.

This is the perfect thesaurus for junior Spanish students. It is a small thesaurus with a range of vocabulary appropriate for beginners. The layout is quite simple. It is arranged alphabetically with quite a large font and the key word is in bold with the synonyms and antonyms beside the lead word in non-bolded letters. The thesaurus is illustrated therefore the student can associate some of vocabulary with the illustration. This book will help beginners to expand their vocabulary in Spanish and most of all understand the meaning of words at and beyond their level. This thesaurus would be helpful to beginners at any age not only to juniors.