Introduction: Challenging Picturebooks in Education Åse Marie Ommundsen, Gunnar Haaland, and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer Part I Theoretical Perspectives on Challenging Picturebooks in Education 1 Cognitive Challenges of Challenging Picturebooks Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer and Jörg Meibauer 2 Challenging Picturebooks and Literacy Studies Jennifer Farrar, Evelyn Arizpe, and Julie McAdam Part II Challenging Picturebooks in Early Childhood and Primary Education 3 Interpreting and Mediating a Wordless Picturebook in Pre-primary Early English Language Learning Sandie Mourão 4 Picturebooks and Aesthetic Literacy in Early Childhood Education Marnie Campagnaro 5 Cognitively Challenging Picturebooks and the Pleasures of Reading: Explorative Learning from Picturebooks in the Classroom Åse Marie Ommundsen 6 Picturebooks that Challenge the Young English Language Learner Janice Bland 7 Gender Diversity in Picturebooks: Challenges of a Taboo Topic in Portuguese Schools Emanuel Madalena and Ana Margarida Ramos Part III Challenging Picturebooks in Secondary and Tertiary Education 8 Intercultural Learning through Peter Sís' The Wall : Teenagers Reading a Challenging Picturebook Sissil Lea Heggernes 9 Challenging Picturebooks in the School Library: An Untapped Resource? Åse Kristine Tveit 10 Exploring a Challenging Picturebook Gospel in the Classroom Gunnar Haaland, Eivind Karlsson, Anne Kristine Øgreid, and Åse Marie Ommundsen 11 The Challenge of Creativity: Using Picturebook Sequencing for Creative Writing Björn Sundmark and Cecilia Olsson Jers Part IV Global Perspectives Pertaining to Challenging Picturebooks in Education 12 Crossing Boundaries of Age, Culture, and Time with Challenging Picturebooks Sandra L. Beckett 13 Confronting the Trauma of the Child Evacuee: Picturebooks as Entrances to Visual Literacy Mia Österlund 14 Challenging the Status Quo with Picturebook and App: A Canadian Case Study Margaret Mackey 15 Publishing Challenging Picturebooks Laura Little Index.