TARGET: "thematic" (?) dictionaries

["Joanne E. Ladewig" <shatz@LIGHTSIDE.COM>]

Netters:

Our Language Arts (committee chairperson) teacher asked me yesterday for
recommendations and/or sources for "thematic" dictionaries. We looked
through the World Almanac catalog and didn't see any that fit that
description.

The request came from our middle school teachers who wanted a dictionary
(print, not electronic) with in-depth descriptions, particularly in
historical areas. (Personally, it sounds like they want an encyclopedia,
but in one volume!)

Any suggestions/recommendations? Thanks!




Joanne Ladewig
Information Center Director
Fairgrove Academy
(a K-8 public school focusing on the Visual and Performing Arts, and
Technology)
La Puente, CA
jladewig@ns700-1.enet.hlpusd.k12.ca.us     (all lower case)
home email: shatz@lightside.com

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