Visual Literacy

...a picture tells a thousand words

Click on the page links to view illustrations from picture books.

Write what you SEE, THINK and WONDER about each illustration.

Remember to look for vectors, salient objects, offers, demands, size, position and colour.

• The Midnight Feast by Margaret Wild
• Henry and Amy by Stephen Michael King
• Billy the Punk by Jessica Carroll
• Koala Lou by Mem Fox
• Rain Dance by Cathy Applegate
• Wilfred Gordon Macdonald Partiridge by Mem Fox
• Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat by Stephen Michael King
• Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley by Aaron Blabey

The images on each page are copied in keeping with copyright as per Smart copying guidelines www.smartcopying.edu.au/

1. Can we copy artistic works such as illustrations, photos, cartoons, maps or photos from a book, conference paper or article for use as part of a class activity?

   Generally, where the artistic work is accompanied by text, you can copy the whole or part of the artistic work under the Statutory Text and Artistic Licence. If the artistic work has no accompanying text, you can copy the whole or part of the work under the Statutory Text and Artistic Licence provided it has not been separately published or if it has been separately published, is not available for purchase within 30 days.
   
   See Education Licence B: Statutory Text and Artistic Licence for further information 

2. Can artistic works be copied for examination purposes?

   Yes. The whole of an artistic work can be copied for examination purposes.