“…Filmmakers use images, color, music, and camerawork to tell stories, much the same way picturebook illustrators use color, line, medium, typography, and composition. Although analyzing visual elements is an important aspect of critical media literacy, too often these activities are ignored in the classroom, as is the case with picturebooks, where the focus tends to be on analyzing written language rather than artistic elements (Nodelman, 1988;O'Neil, 2011;Serafini, 2009). In picturebooks, illustrations "exist primarily so that they can assist in the telling of stories" (Nodelman, 1988, p. ix); therefore, they are critical for story comprehension (Sipe, 1998).…”