Creators of the world’s most trusted dictionaries, Oxford University Press, have been busy updating their children’s dictionaries and thesauruses, and the brand new books – for both early and middle ...

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 ...

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 ...