I really like the Garfield Dictionary that my ds8 has - it has garfield cartoons using the words on a particular page. My ds just sits and reads it; I know he's mostly reading the cartoons but I know he also drifts along and reads the words and definitions as well; it is a decent level of words too. I think we got it when he was 7 and he is still using it as a reference.
The preface from the guy who writes Garfield is about how many letters he's received from folks whose kids learned to read by reading Garfield. And really, I think the best way to really understand the meaning of a word is in context; the interspersed cartoons provide that and, at least for my ds, really pulled him into the enjoyment of just reading the dictionary for fun.
Last edited by chris1234; 11/02/08 02:49 PM.
