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Enchantment and tales in the labyrinth of pictures

Illustrated albums and educational relationships

Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 12x17

Pages: 271 (with 30 colorful pages)

ISBN: 978-88-590-0162-1

Publication date: 01/01/2013

Suitable for: Nursery 1st Level (ages 3-4), Nursery 2nd Level (ages 4-5)


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Reading and listening to stories, retelling them and imagining them all over again enables children to familiarise themselves with interpretations which allow them to open up to understanding and interpreting the world, their inner being and those of others and thus essentially helping them to live as peacefully and constructively as possible. Picture books and illustrated albums are irresistibly alluring for children because the figurative story-telling brings with it an explosive, rule-breaking, sensual charge. It recalls thrilling sensations like the poisoned red of Snow White’s apple, the capricious yellow of Geppetto’s wig, or the impertinent ginger of Pippi Longstocking’s plaits.
Yet, surprisingly, due to a strange law of retaliation, our children, sons and daughters of a civilisation of images, seem much less well equipped to read and interpret picture books.
Enriched with methodology tips, practical examples and field experience, this book offers careful and engaging observations on the value of story-telling as a therapeutic practice, on the importance of analogical and metaphorical thinking in life and at school, on the role that illustrated albums play in feeding the imaginative dimension of children and on the most appropriate criteria and ways for choosing and recommending an illustrated album. The international contributions of several Spanish authors provide the book with practical programmes devoted to the development of literary and intertextual competences at school and in other educational environments.


– Telling stories as therapy.  From the concept of intentionality to the concept of therapy (Marco Dallari)
Narration as an experience of entropathy - Narrating with words and figures - The achievements of narrative therapy - Narration as a gift - How to tell a story

– The potentials of images. Visual and emotional education using picture books (Marnie Campagnaro)
Homo narrans and the practice of reading - Narrative competence and picture books. The role and value of interpretative hypothesis - Between realism and conjured up imagination: choosing a picture book- Young readers grow up: what are the priorities? - Programmes for using  picture books. Inside me: a reading experience at school

– Literary competence starting from the picture book (Alberto Ruiz Manuel Campos and Beatriz Hoster Cabo)
The picture book, a composite artistic product - Contents and value of the picture book: current themes - Formal experimentation - Illustrated rhetorical figures: illustrations for children incorporate literary rhetorical resources

– Intertextuality and intericonicity. A valid resource for young readers (Marìa José Lobato Suero)
Experiences of art and visual culture games - Criteria and suggestions for choosing picture books from a prospective of intericonicity - Art in art? - Practical tips with picture books