DOI:  10.53136/979122181938032 
                                                        
                                                            Pages: 455-467
                                                        
                              
                                                                                                
                                
                                                            
                             Publication date: June 2025
                            
                                                        Publisher: Aracne
                                                        
                                                                    
                                    
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                    Frequently and erroneously classified as children’s books (a designation often employed in a reductive manner, suggesting works of little substance or significance) picture books emerge as a valuable educational resource within the developmental process. This essay, presenting the preliminary reflections of an experimental study, seeks to highlight the potential of picture books as a sustained instrument of care, capable of engaging with the core themes of adolescence through an expressive and artistic interpretative framework.