Books by Mark Gwynn

The Australian Advanced Primary Oxford Dictionary 2E is a user-friendly, comprehensive resource specifically compiled for Upper Primary students.Features over 50 000 headwords, with each headword and derivative highlighted for easy recognitionCovers contemporary Australian terms ...and includes words from the areas of environment, technology, popular culture, science, medicine, economics and foodContains hundreds of encyclopedic entries, including countries, cities, rivers, seas and mountains, along with biographical entries for significant figures from history, politics, art, literature, music and scienceAppendices include a 32-page grammar and reference guide
Read more

Combines two books in one: a dictionary at the front and thesaurus at the back and is specifically compiled for school students. Mark Gwynn, Australian National Dictionary Centre.

The Australian Middle Primary Oxford Dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date middle primary dictionary, covering all the latest words students need to know. Written specifically for Australian school children aged 8-10 years and featuring over 25,000 headwords, the Au...stralian Middle Primary Oxford Dictionary serves as a working tool in the classroom that accustoms students to the style in which most adult dictionaries are written. At the same time, this dictionary is easy for students to use because it avoids abbreviations and similar conventions. Like other dictionaries published by Oxford University Press, the Australian Middle Primary Oxford Dictionary draws on the continually updated databases of the Australian National Dictionary Centre and Oxford Dictionaries. The Australian Middle Primary Oxford Dictionary includes the following information about words:their meanings (definitions)their part/s of speech (how they are used in sentences)how they are pronouncedhow they are usedtheir spellingassociated words (word building)their originsadditional information.A grammar, punctuation, and spelling guide is also provided as an insert.
Read more

Edited at the Australian National Dictionary Centre in Canberra, the Australian Integrated School File Dictionary & Thesaurus 2e is an innovative reference book, combining a dictionary and a thesaurus in a single easy-to-use volume. It comes in a handy file format that clips into... student's ring-binders. This major second edition has been completely revised and updated, with hundreds of new entries added that reflect the important areas of contemporary word creation.
Read more

The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary (APOD) is an indispensable guide to English as it is written and spoken in Australia. First published in 1976, the APOD is Australia's bestselling dictionary. Extensive and versatile, this dictionary is firmly established as Australia's fav...ourite reference in schools, homes, and offices and provides unrivalled coverage of Australian English. Featuring over 500 new words, this eighth edition of the APOD commemorates 30 years of the Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra. To celebrate this anniversary, a limited number of copies will feature a special edition cover.
Read more