I agree completely with the one star review by Tom. This volume is a piece of junk. We purchased it as a gift for our granddaughter and it didn't last a week. It fell off her bed onto a carpeted floor and the binding broke completely. Since it was made in China, it's not too surprising. If a publisher is going to sell a large heavy reference book aimed at children, they should make the binding heavy-duty for expected hard use. From what the other reviewers said about the dictionary's content, I guess we didn't miss much. Next time we buy a book like this, we'll try to check where it is made first.In summary, don't buy this dictionary for a child since it's content is inadequate and its binding is junk.