“…Children’s picturebooks are particularly appropriate for developing reading literacy in the early years, the stage when the analog paradigm should be prioritized, since, as the main research studies show ( Wolf, 2018 ), in-depth reading, which is essential for developing critical thinking, is linked to physical books. From this perspective, an analysis of the evolution of the picturebook toward what is called ‘non-fiction’ ( Grilli, 2020 , 2021 ; Tabernero-Sala, 2022 ; Tabernero-Sala and Laliena, 2023 ) in reader training is required, as the non-fiction book occupies one of the most vital sectors in the publishing market ( Jan, 2021 ) and has influenced the development of children’s books as a whole ( Tabernero-Sala, 2022 ). In this respect, researchers are beginning to investigate the natural pairing of critical reading and the non-fiction picturebook ( Trigo-Ibáñez et al, 2022 ).…”