In my day, when I didn’t know a word, I had to hunt for it in a big, black, tiny-font dictionary. Of course, kids these days have Chromebooks, iPads and all sorts of other technological devices to ...

Dozens of nature words were removed from the Oxford Junior Dictionary in order to make room for modern technology-related words. The English language, like most living languages, is constantly ...

For Your Reference Newly updated and attractively organized with easy-to-read pronunciation guides, sample sentences and plenty of pictures, the paper-over-board Scholastic Children's Dictionary ...

PITTSBURG — What’s in a dictionary besides lots of words? A chance to learn how to use one, and third-graders in the Pittsburg Unified School District now have that opportunity. It’s made possible by ...

Authors including Michael Morpurgo, Sir Andrew Motion and Margaret Atwood have signed an open letter calling for a children’s dictionary to reinstate “countryside” words, warning the rapid decline in ...