Contents

Cover : Chairs by Frances Mary Hendry
Contents this issue : Book ENDS; Grandparents : looking at stereotypes in picture books (Kevin Steinberger study of picture books depict grandparents and how accurate they reflect actuality. Guide for introducing topic of grandparents in lower levels OR structuring units on stereotypes in middle school levels. Suggested exercises are included); Tips for writing poetry : (Poet Lorraine Marwood shares ideas for writing poetry); Slavery : The United Nations has declared 2004 to be the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (An overview of the practice of slavery together with an extensively annotated bibliography of literature depicting different aspects of slavery in various forms. Suggested activities included.)