Why art engagement matters - and why the Australian primary classroom is where it matters most.

There's a quiet assumption built into most school timetables: art is what happens after the real learning is done. It's the Friday afternoon activity, the thing that gets bumped when assembly runs long, the subject that shrinks every time literacy and numeracy demand more room.

The research says we've got this backwards.

A great picture book is a portable art gallery - ten favourites where the art is the point.