Contents

Cover : Oops! by Colin McNaughton
Contents this issue : Reading Picture Books (Annette Dale Meiklejohn discusses using picture books for developing visual literacy skills); Hostages & Hostage Takers (Lyn Linning researches the facts about hostage taking, suggests ways of approaching the topic with secondary students and discusses available novels with hostages as the central theme);Tips for writing poetry (Poet Lorraine Marwood shares ideas for writing poetry); Sose and Literature: Exploring the connections (Jane Connolly explores ways of incorporating literature into SOSE studies, provides a list of recommended books to support various aspects of SOSE, and together with Michael Boyle has prepared a unit of work using John Heffeman’s picture book, My Dog); Book ENDS;