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=But picture books are for little kids, Miss ... =

Why use picture books in the secondary English classroom? Well I hope I have convinced you that they are not just pretty pictures and cute little stories, but are often challenging and sometimes disturbing. There is often a perception that students leave picture books behind once their literacy development is more accomplished (Giorgis, ﻿1999).



﻿One of my favourites has its own YouTube video, which I have featured on the home page. //It's a book// is a great text to discuss the playfulness and the metafictive of a text. It would be a great starting point for a debate on [|"Tree Book versus eBook".]You could explore more by reading the author's comments on the [|"Largehearted Boy"] blog. This would be great fun with a young class or serious stuff with an older one about the nature of communication, and the self consciousness of the text. Jackass's preoccupation with the gadgetry is so well presented! I have also started a list of suggested texts which may be of use. Explore "picture books for the classroom" or look at the started before the ETA Conference in November