This paper positions children's literature within the context of the Jamaican language situation and explores ways of effectively involving children's literature in an integrated curriculum.

Media literacy has evolved from simple conceptual origins entailing the production and consumption of traditional media messages from basic print and electronic media to making sense and actively participating in shaping and responding to a burgeoning media landscape that continues to grow rapidly and affect all aspects of life.  Over  the  past  decade,  scholars  and  organizations  (e.g., UNESCO) have sharpened focus on the need for education to keep pace with the rapid technological innovations and media messages at the fingertips of many.

This paper highlights works published in the Caribbean Journal of Education (CJE) from literacy and language arts scholars on that special  group  of  islands in the Western  Hemisphere  called the Caribbean. It is a territory that received the first documented European visit in 1492 when Columbus landed in what he named “San Salvador”.

Jamaican policy makers have prioritized literacy improvement as a matter of urgency within the educational milieu. This has become even more intense during the past decade with initiatives being mandated and implemented to promote this cause. One such initiative is the establishment of literacy research and development centres in two teacher-training colleges with a prime mandate to prepare a special group of teachers to extend literacy improvement efforts in Jamaican schools.