This may not be exactly what you're asking, but I think it's related. I recently studied a lot of pb beginnings for a talk I was giving, and what I discovered about "telling" is interesting. For many beginnings, some authors use the first sentence to "tell" and then they jump right in and expand that "telling" by showing. Here are some examples:
The first lines in Linda Urban's MOUSE WAS MAD read: "Mouse was mad. Hopping mad."
In Darren Farrell's DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB, the story begins: "One day, Doug-Dennis and Ben Bobby were bored."
The fabulous Mo Willems begins LEONARDO THE TERRIBLE MONSTER begins simply: "Leonardo was a terrible monster."
In Phyllis Root's TOOT TOOT ZOOM, the first lines read: "Poor Pierre! He lived all alone at the foot of a sky-high mountain, and ah, his heart, how it longed for a friend."
Mac Barnett's hilarious pb, MUSTACHE!, starts this way: "Duncan was a terrible king, but he was terribly handsome."
So, from these examples and many others, I'd say that "telling," particularly in the story's first lines, can be a good way to state the conflict before jumping into the "showing" of the story.