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Victoria's most trusted Legal Studies series has been updated with high-interest case studies and accessible language designed to engage students of all abilities. Our Read with Oxford range of levelled readers help children develop reading confidence at home: Read with Oxford books > Firmly established as Australia's best-selling school dictionary, the seventh edition of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated, with hundreds of new words you won't find in any other Australian school dictionary.

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If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find this list of eBooks by Letters and Sounds Phases useful. Bear in mind the following:

New for 2023, this bilingual Tok Pisin–English dictionary is the only one of its kind in the world, fully revised and updated to provide a concise reference too. Words from the areas of science, environment, technology, current affairs, world events, politics, food, festivals and culture This essential resource contains two books in one – the complete texts of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary and the Australian School Oxford Thesaurus – in a handy ring-binder format.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. This essential resource contains two books in one – the complete texts of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary and the Australian School Oxford Thesaurus. The essential reference resource for upper primary students, the Australian Advanced Primary Dictionary is a user-friendly and comprehensive reference containing more than 50,000 headwords.

This fantastic new edition will boost your children’s vocabulary with new words and meanings from across the curriculum. A helpful new spelling, grammar and punctuation section is included to enhance language skills and bring the dictionary up to date. Covers contemporary Australian terms and includes words from the areas of environment, technology, popular culture, science, medicine, economics and foodIt is uniquely powered by the Oxford Children’s Corpus, the largest bank of children’s language in English, so you can be confident that all entries are clearly written in child-friendly language that children actually understand. Each example is perfectly age-appropriate, making it easy and enjoyable for every child to use. Firmly established as Australia’s bestselling school reference resources, Oxford’s secondary dictionaries and thesauruses will take students right through secondary school with learning features designed to build vocabularies, perfect pronunciation and give guidance on grammar I’m satisfied with this dictionary. Very helpful for my child I’m satisfied with this dictionary. Very helpful for my child In Letters and Sounds, there are ‘sets’ within the Phases – so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase. You can also find some highlights from Oxford Children's books in our Books section: Oxford Children's Fiction >