The cliche is totally true – a picture is worth a thousand words – but picture books with a few words – well they allow all the thoughts and emotions and sometimes the words to flow. Even in older students – perhaps especially in older students.
I’ve spent a lot of time and effort in curating and expanding our picture book collection in the middle/high school and I’m happy to say we now have over 500 books in that section. Today’s poster is picture books to make you think, and some of them still bring me to tears when I read them.
I’m currently living in Dubai, UAE, which is the latest in a long line of places I’ve been living in the last few years including China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, and South Africa. I’m married with two adult children. Having lived around the world I’ve acquired quite a few languages and my big passion is bi/multi-lingualism and - culturalism, which I try to incorporate into my work, learning and essays wherever possible! I finished my MIS degree in December 2014 and my M Ed (Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation) in October 2016. My murky past is in commerce and industry as a Chartered Accountant, doing a lot of random studying and learning and I’m currently working in an American School but have been a librarian PYP, MYP and IB in other international schools.
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