A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.

Ellen Bellizzi, Rotary Club of Clyde, Clyde, NY

This is the 7th year that the Clyde Rotary Club has donated dictionaries to the 3rd grade; the children love the books. We as a club go to the 3rd grade during the year and read to the children and they all tell us they use and love the dictionaries and they belong to them; they are their books.