Beyond the Pictures PD Event

Picture books are not just for early years. They are among the most powerful tools we have for deep thinking, critical literacy, wellbeing and creative writing in the upper years. Their real strength lies in teaching students to read between the lines - the very heart of strong literacy. In this webinar, we explore picture books not because they are simple, but because they are highly sophisticated. As texts, they make literary techniques visible, invite rich inference, and show how meaning is constructed through both words and images - mirroring the literacy demands of today’s media-rich world. Concise yet complex, picture books offer an accessible and cognitively efficient pathway to rigorous learning. 

Join Megan Daley, Head of Education at StoryBox, and Melissa Keil, Content & Communications Developer at StoryBox, as they share practical classroom approaches for using picture books to foster deep learning, critical thinking and powerful literacy outcomes. Drawing on their combined experience as educators, writers and readers, this session offers grounded, inspiring ideas you can use straight away.