The Sesame Street Dictionary facts for kids
First edition, 1980
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| Author | Linda Hayward |
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| Illustrator | Joe Mathieu |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Reference |
| Publisher | Random House/Children's Television Workshop |
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1980 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 253 |
| ISBN | 0-394-84007-0 |
The The Sesame Street Dictionary is a special book that helps young children learn new words. It's filled with fun pictures of characters from the famous TV show Sesame Street. First published in 1980, this dictionary has simple definitions and example sentences for about 1300 words. Each word comes with a colorful picture featuring a Sesame Street friend. Later, in 1986, it was also released as an 8-book set called Big Bird's Sesame Street Dictionary. You might even spot Kermit the Frog's nephew, Robin the Frog, on the "frogs" page, and Miss Piggy on the "magazines" page!
What's Inside The Sesame Street Dictionary?
The Sesame Street Dictionary includes definitions for about 1300 words. Each word has a simple definition, an example sentence, and a picture. These pictures show characters from Sesame Street. Linda Hayward wrote the text, and Joe Mathieu drew all the illustrations.
Fun and Learning with Muppets
The pictures and example sentences in the dictionary are often very funny. They include jokes and silly situations. For example, the word "above" shows Grover flying an airplane above some trees. This leads to the next word, "accident," which shows Grover parachuting after his plane crashes into a tree.
The Muppet magician, The Amazing Mumford, helps explain tricky words. He highlights homonyms, which are words that sound the same but have different meanings. He "pulls" them out of a hat to show them. The dictionary does not include how to pronounce the words.
How This Dictionary Helps Kids Learn
This dictionary was created to help children learn new words. Experts in education chose the words carefully. They picked words that children would likely see in books or hear every day.
The book can help kids expand their vocabulary. It also helps with "reading readiness", which means getting ready to read. For many young learners, it serves as their very first dictionary.
