Students will need to follow the basic format of a board game and demonstrate knowledge of the procedural format, as well as aspects of persuasive texts. Although not a "Where's Waldo" type book, one can find various things "hiding" in the pictures: a snake here, a bird there, an Aboriginal child in a tree, etc. As an alternative, groups of students could each take a Jeannie Baker book and do their own comparison. This story is told through the eyes of a young Australian boy who goes on a trip to an island in North Queensland with his father one day. With many years’ experience developing educational materials for print and online publishing, Kerstin aims to use her editing and writing skills to produce engaging and user-friendly content across all our platforms.

In a circle, students can take turns saying something that their father (or other extended family member) says. And apropos to the illustrations of Where the Forest Meets the Sea, although yes, I really and truly have very much visually enjoyed them and their minute, exquisite detail, it also does kind of bother me more than a trifle that Jeannie Baker has supposedly made use of preserved and collected natural materials for her collages (as the author's note at the back of Where the Forest Meets the Sea does definitely seem to indicate this).Students will also create speech bubbles and written dialogue for one or more of the characters and place them in an appropriate spot on the pictures.

Through a short oral presentation, students should demonstrate an understanding of the features of the different environments, and how the characters interact with it. I really enjoyed this story and especially loved the illustrations in the book, as they are in fact photos of handmade collages made by Jeannie Baker herself. The father takes his son out on a boat and while the father sits on the beach the boy goes walking through the rainforest. Oliver Creek is accessed by one of Cape Tribulation’s three boardwalks – Marrja, Kulki and Dubuji – each designed to allow tourists to explore the area without damaging the precious ecosystems and all manageable for children.Still, it's definitely a worthwhile read if you're a fan of Baker's work and/or looking for a book on modern Australia that doesn't focus on kangaroos and koalas! Jeannie Baker's lifelike collage illustrations take the reader on an extraordinary visual journey to an exotic, primeval wilderness, which like so many others is now being threatened by civilization.

Although there are 400 people on board, the crew efficiently provides everyone with snorkelling gear and we’re soon face down, exploring the wonders of the ocean before drying off for a ride in the glass-bottomed boat. Within this role she has worked in the U Can Read program, helping families that have children who struggle with reading. She used a variety of materials in her collages, including modeling clay, papers, textured materials, preserved natural materials (like leaves), and paints. The boy in Where the Forest Meets the Sea imagines all kinds of things through the trunks of the trees and leaves of the forest. All resources generated by teachers for teachers and are aligned to the curriculum, so you don't have to.Each time I read the book, I find new images and shadows hidden in the rich, textured illustrations and I feel the urge to reach out and touch them. Jeannie Baker's collages of the ancient Daintree rain forest and tropical waters are vivid, as is the environmental message that her books convey. Unusual collage constructions form vibrant New York City panoramas in this modest tale of Light, a white pigeon who flees his rooftop aviary to explore his urban surroundings. Gorgeous collage illustrations highlight this cautionary tale about a tropical rain forest in North Queensland, Australia.

As we watch the demonstration by crocodile handler, Jesse, we are captivated by the powerful jaws and quick movements of four-metre-long Hagrid. She has an insatiable appetite for books (especially children’s books) and looks forward to sharing her passion with students and families, ‘hooking’ them into books and the joy of reading. When a young boy visits a tropical rain forest, he pretends it is a long time ago and that extinct and rare animals live in the forest, and aboriginal children play there. It would be a great book to use in guided reading and would also be a good story from which the children could create a creative writing piece, based upon the future predictions of land developments within the story, their local area and/or even the city they live in.

The teenager has a slight breakdown when he realises there’s no telephone service in the area and even the people who live in town can’t use mobiles. Present students with a statement along the lines of: ‘The Daintree Rainforest is a good topic for a children’s book. Ask why the author has used this phrase so much; perhaps the father is the wise adult passing down knowledge? It may not be for everyone but as I love Australia and anything to do with the environment this was the whole package.