Enjoy Picture Books at KS2 Picture Books are excellent starting points for interesting, creative and challenging literacy lessons and stimulate critical thinking, discussion and reading between the lines! A teacher book based upon 6 picture books including a summary, questions and discussion points, follow-up activites inc. writing, and extension activities. Opportunities for work on Strand 7 & 8 of the new Literacy Framework : 'Encouraging and responding to texts' (strand 8) and 'understanding and interpreting texts' (strand 7) .