Kid detectives Merriam and Webster can solve any mystery with a bit of help! Unscramble word puzzles, navigate letter mazes, and crack the codes to help solve this fun and surprising mystery tale written in rollicking verse.\nMerriam and Webster travel to a local wildlife refuge to discover some terrible news: their favorite giraffe, Zari, is missing! As the kid detectives set out to find the missing giraffe, they encounter animals along the way who take part in their search. Can you piece together the clues and solve the word puzzles to reunite all the animals?\nPacked with puzzles, mazes, riddles, and codes designed to challenge young minds, build vocabulary, and keep kids entertained for hours! Includes a full page of four-color stickers.

Please Don’t Laugh, We Lost a Giraffe! Activity book for kids - Great gift and stocking stuffer (Merriam-Webster’s Activity Mysteries)

Children's Books

Rabe, Tish

Animals

Merriam-Webster Kids

Kid detectives Merriam and Webster can solve any mystery with a bit of help! Unscramble word puzzles, navigate letter mazes, and crack the codes in this fun and surprising mystery tale written in rollicking verse.\nMerriam and Webster visit the International Space Station to discover that the Mars rover has stopped working! The kid detectives blast off in a rocket to find out what happened, uncovering clues among the stars and meeting galactic friends along the way. Can you help Merriam and Webster solve the word puzzles and crack the case of the Mars rover?\nPacked with puzzles, mazes, riddles, and codes designed to challenge young minds, build vocabulary, and keep kids entertained for hours! Includes a full page of four-color stickers.

Follow the Stars! What Happened on Mars? Kids activity book - Great gift and stocking stuffer (Merriam-Webster’s Activity Mysteries)

Education & Reference

Welcome to Merriam-Webster Kids!&nbsp;Fall 2021 marks the debut of our new imprint that serves our mission to help kids better understand and communicate with the world around them through highly engaging content designed to foster a love of language and learning from an early age. Our list is small, yet focused; over time you will see it build across all categories and ages that serve ages 0-12 and the families, teachers, and librarians that support them. Merriam-Webster is storming the category with a 150 first word board book experience grounded in the principles of child development. The interactive experience encourages toddlers' language learning through the repetition of simple words and phrases, using tried-and-true authoritative language technique, written by a speech-language pathologist. While most first words books list nouns, our book naturally weaves 150 words around everyday illustrations readers will recognize from their own daily routines. Along the border of each spread, we've included photographs of every illustrated item to encourage an additional search-and-find opportunity for parents and their babies. Hosted by nine ethnically-diverse babies, it's a search-and-find experience that will delight parents and caregivers. Give toddlers the gift of language with words and short phrases to say all day long, ages 0-3.&nbsp;This engaging large-format board book encourages toddlers' language learning through the repetition of simple words and one-, two-, and three-word phrases for everyday objects and activities. Under speech development expert Claire Davis's sure hand, dressing, mealtime, playtime, bath time, and all the other routines of the day become opportunities for babies to learn new words and phrases. <ul> <li>Author and speech-language pathologist Claire Davis uses tried-and-true, authoritative language based on the principles of child development. In a brief introduction, Davis coaches parents and other caregivers in her proven methods for getting babies talking.</li> <li>Features nine babies of different ethnic backgrounds and settings from around the world.</li> <li>Each spread includes photographs of babies and everyday objects alongside illustrated scenes showing them in action-creating a matching game on every page to allow more time for parents and babies to connect.</li> </ul> From the largest team of dictionary editors and writers in America, and one of the largest in the world, thank-you for supporting us and Merriam-Webster Kids.

Merriam-Webster's 150 First Words

Claire Laties Davis

Kasia Dudziuk

MERRIAM-WEBSTER

Learn 400 words dinosaur scientists--or paleontologists--use, and become a dinosaur expert! Do you know what pieces of fossilized dinosaur poop are called? (Answer: Coprolites.) How about the large collar at the back of a Triceratops's skull? (Answer: Frill.) Take a deep dive into the science behind these creatures with this impressive book from Merriam-Webster and learn 400 words you need to talk like a dinosaur expert! Travel back in time millions of years to discover how these extraordinary creatures lived, ate, fought, raised babies, and survived in the wild. With full color illustrations and up-to-date scientific research, meet all different types of dinosaurs and learn how they evolved on a changing planet. Behind-the-scenes information on paleontology and scientists, plus an A-Z glossary, will leave readers not only talking like the experts, but thinking like them, too!

Dinosaurs: 400 Words for Budding Paleontologists - Dinosaur dictionary from Merriam-Webster (Merriam-Webster’s Talk Like an Expert)

Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the masterminds at Merriam-Webster to highlight the best of the English language. 
Follow a menagerie of animals as they teach one new word for each day of the year, including a definition, pronunciation, a part of speech label, and an interesting trivia about the word. Each month concludes with an outlandish story that features all the new words learned. The book features 12 free audio downloads so kids can hear each month’s story read aloud by celebrity narrators including Rachel Bloom, David Harbour, and Soledad O’Brien. 
This delightfully challenging and surprising book will turn word aficionados into passionate logophiles!

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day: 366 Elevating Utterances to Stretch Your Cranium and Tickle Your Humerus

1,000 words to get kids ready for school in a big, colorful book from the experts at Merriam-Webster. 
Enter the world of Merriam-Webster's Ready-for-School Words and discover the words needed to describe the people, places, and things in your community and beyond! Featuring 1,000 words children should know before they start school, this charming book follows different families from their homes at the breakfast table, to their workplaces and classrooms, and on camping trips and seaside adventures. With labeled objects and simple sentences, children will start school with confidence and a brand new vocabulary.

Merriam-Webster’s Ready-for-School Words: 1,000 Words for Big Kids

Campbell, Hannah

Set off on mind-expanding adventures with Merriam-Webster’s compendium of 100 word searches, crosswords, word games, and quizzes. Pit your wits against puzzles about animals, machines, space objects, crystals, and dinosaurs, and learn all about our amazing language along the way! 
Can you spy the animals hiding in the rainforest word search? Or uncover the gems in the crystal quiz? Become a word magician and transform one word into another! Or crack the clues in the camping crossword. Discover how to spot a palindrome and seek out synonyms! 
This inspiring activity book from the experts at Merriam-Webster will not only provide hours of fun, but will foster a love of language and word play––and build vocabulary to describe our astonishing world.

Merriam-Webster’s Word Puzzle Adventures - Activity book for kids - Perfect stocking stuffer

Activities, Crafts & Games

Prepare for the adventure of starting school with Merriam-Webster's playful book featuring 400 stickers! Label classroom objects, name animals at the zoo, identify different shapes and colors, and much more... Merriam-Webster's Ready-for-School Sticker Book is the ultimate activity book to help kids start school with confidence. Bursting with color, this book features words kids need to describe the world around them, from the classroom to the cafeteria, the playground to the zoo, at the park and at the farm, as well as key vocabulary to describe the weather and to identify colors, positions, textures, and shapes. There are plenty of activities to complete: match pictures with their labels, place stickers on backgrounds, trace letters, and other fun learning exercises! With 400 stickers and bright, kid-friendly illustrations, this interactive book will help develop coordination and early literacy skills while opening up a brand new vocabulary for children getting ready for school.

Merriam-Webster's Ready-for-School Sticker Book - Makes a great gift & stocking stuffer: 250 Words for Big Kids

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