Children's Literature

We have specific expertise in the following areas:

Using picturebooks to teach students about multimodal texts and multimodal literacies. To learn more about our expertise in this area access our online journal article about postmodern picture books and multiliteracies or download and read Chapter Two that we wrote for Talking Beyond the Page: Reading and Responding to Picture Books edited by Janet Evans (2009) Routledge, London.
Children’s literature in the Australian Curriculum English. To learn more about our expertise in this area see our book Reading the Visual
Using children’s literature across the curriculum. To learn more about our expertise in this area see our book Crossing the Boundaries, the practical suggestions in Uncovering History Using Multimodal Literacies: An inquiry process and Chapter Nine in The Literacy Lexicon 2E
Using children’s literature to teach visual literacy. To learn more about our expertise in this area see Chapter Three in our book Evolving Pedagogies and Chapter Four in Teaching and Learning Multiliteracies
Picture books of Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and USA. To learn more about our expertise in this area see our chapter in the International Companion Encyclopaedia of Children’s Literature (2^nd Edition) and Chapter Ten in The Literacy Labyrinth (2E)

You can access our expertise in children’s literature in the form of professional development for teachers and school groups, and/or presentations to parents, interested professional and community groups.

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Case Study

A number of schools and networks of teachers in different states of Australia were interested in updating their knowledge of children’s literature and investigating the role of literature in the new literacies.

Testimonials

Some comments from teachers attending sessions about children’s literature,
Canberra, April 2013

Linked to National Curriculum, clear information, useable immediately.
Bringing it together with illustrations of children's postmodern texts.
The use of picture book examples to demonstrate multimodal literacies
The variety of picture books used and digital resources. Thanks for providing a book list.
The opportunity to consider all the systems involved in reading for meaning. Presenters very knowledgeable and interesting.
The use of appropriate/directed audience participation that taught us a system or way of analysing text.

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