#Niece and Her Mom Loves It! (2001-10-04) I bought this for my ten year old niece who takes Spanish in her fifth grade class. She loves it, and I know this will make all the difference in her ability to access the language and learn. Her mom said the book is really great, and I wouldn t be surprised if my three-year old nephew makes some use of it too.

#The best ever...you can find it here! (2001-08-20) I am buying 3 more copies of this book for fellow teachers in my building. I find the book easy to use, up-to-date, and a handy reference on any spanish word. The picture are real life situations from computer usage, to apartment rentals, to a visit to the beauty shop. . all in pictures and the Spanish work for everying associated with the picture. An invaluable guide for the classroom or any one who want the Spanish word for an every day item or life experience. I m trying to get the district to order them for all the teachers in my ...

#A Fantastic Resource! (2001-03-07) I teach an adult ESL class and have discovered that this book is a resource I really cannot do without! In combination with the teacher s manual, it has become a valuable resource for teaching new vocabulary to my students. When I first started using it in my lessons, the students skimmed through it and were very impressed with the variety of pictures arranged by themes. After using it at home, they have ALL told me that it is a wonderful book and are so thankful they have it!

#good, clear, colorful pictures for beginner or advanced (1999-05-13) I use with a multi-level class and everyone likes it. Pictures and definitions can spark discussions. Divided into sections which are color-coded by topic. Very full resource for the price.

#Fun & Effective way to learn French and English (2006-04-27) The only thing I don t like is how when the words are translated to French is that there is no Le,La,Une, or Un infront of the French word. I was never good at the French Masculin and Feminin conjugation stuff. But, however the really important thing is knowing how to say the object in English/French that s what it comes down to. This book has over 3600 pictures of objects. Yes they are nice and big and that is the point of this book ",illustrated",. There is no point in making the pictures small since every obj...

#A feast for the eyes (2004-01-30) ",The Firefly Visual Dictionary,", by Jean-Claude Corbeil and Ariane Archambault, is full of detailed, full-color illustrations and extensive textual labels. Looking at the world around us, the book has a scope that ranges from the inner structure of an atom to the shapes of galaxies. The cover boasts that the dictionary contains 6,000 color entries and 35,000 terms. The items pictured include pure symbols, tangible man-made items, natural objects and living entities. At more than 900 pages long, the book is a hefty achievement. This boo...

#An unusual, exceptional approach (2003-03-11) This visual reference will appeal to entire families, as well as reference library holdings, revamping a popular visual dictionary originally produced by Macmillan over a decade ago. Thousands of new updated entries have been added for this edition, while a presentation by picture and an organization by subject makes it easy to look up such diverse topics as different sock lengths and carpentry tools. An unusual, exceptional approach to defining over 35,000 terms.

#More practical than the Ultimate Visual Dictionary (2003-03-05) I bought the Ultimate Visual Dictionary 2000 and had a lot of frustration. So a few months ago I bought the Firefly Visual Dictionary and found that it s more practical (sometimes). While the former book has more compact illustrations, it s not easy to find the words in the pictues through the indexes, and many of the terms it uses is latin, rather than plain English. I read fictions and many cases I cannot picture the descriptions in the novels, and that s when I need these dictionaries most. But both dictionaries I m...

#Not the best Visual Dictionary (2002-10-05) The book is huge, but don t let looks fool you. Partly this is due to oversized colored pictures, which you d think would be good if they had 1) many labels or 2) large labels. Unfortunately, the print is small and the labelling is sparse. Often there s no label, just the name of the object. Like: ",Hose. ", (In the garden section. ) Uh, yeah? Unlike Dorling Kindersley s superior ",Ultimate Visual Dictionary", this book doesn t try to list parts of objects quite as much as it s trying to list a *multitude* of objects. B...

#Disappointment (2003-04-21) I am usually Merriam-Webster s biggest fan of its products. Although I have several up-to-date unabridged Spanish dictionaries, I bought this one to see if it portrays the revised Spanish alphabet correctly and if it treated special topics coherently. I was disappointed on both counts. Although the Spanish Academy along with its sister Academies in 1994 decided to ignore the letters CH and LL for alphabetization purposes (including them in the letters C and L, respectively,) the letters CH and LL still remain part of the 29-letter complement of the...