Ten Years with the Scholastic Children's Dictionary

Abstract

ABSTRACT:This narrative is a practical history of the evolution of a children's dictionary in the 21st century, from the point of view of its chief lexicographer. It begins with the development and publication of the 2011 edition of the Scholastic Children's Dictionary (SCD) and goes on to document its two subsequent updates, in 2014 and 2019. Along the way, Scholastic integrated two of its earlier word reference titles into the same database that was created to hold the dictionary data. From these data they also published a pocket dictionary in 2012. Scholastic also integrated the dictionary database with Storia, their subscription-based electronic reading and reference library for schools. The author gives a picture of how evolving technology for publishers and consumers has affected a traditional print title over the course of a decade.