Contents

COVER : Captain Cook and the Endeavour by Mike Lefroy;
CONTENTS this issue : Bookends;EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN - REVISITING THE KNOWN [Russ Merrin provides an introduction to the early exploration of Australia for middle primary students together with suggestions for class exercises and literature to extend classroom work];
SEASONS [A brief introduction to seasons for Junior Primary School students based on close reading of picture books];
FRACTURING FAIRYTALES : A UNIT OF WORK [Edel Wignell provides suggestions for writing fractured fairytales after examining a number of examples of published books in the genre];