picture book

American

noun

a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

picture books

plural

Etymology

Origin of picture book

First recorded in 1850–55

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picture book

I download the Good Inside app on pub day for Dr. Becky’s new picture book Leave Me Alone!:

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Home from their adventures—and with the picture book right side up again—the four children curl up by the fireplace with steaming mugs of hot cocoa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Technically, Melania was supposed to be reading a picture book to children at the hospital.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025

It features celebrities and other well-known personalities reading a short picture book before wishing the audience a good night.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

If the house was something out of a picture book, the room was something out of a dream.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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