Margaret Wild Body Language Techniques

Indeed connections to places can be both positive and negative. This is true of the two picture books Way Home by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks and The Dream of a Thylacine by Libby Hathorn and Gregory Rogers. The two openings chosen reflect positive and negative experiences of place.

Opening four of The Dream of the Thylacine depicts a positive experience. In this opening a positive environment is shown by bright colours and the Thylacines body language. One technique used is the bright colour palette this creates a happy and free feeling. There is a contrast between warm and cool colours from the bush, sky and ocean. As Well as colours, body language is also important to making a sense of wellbeing. The body language used is a photograph