picture book
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of picture book
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Her latest picture book, "The Path" will be published in August 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
I download the Good Inside app on pub day for Dr. Becky’s new picture book Leave Me Alone!:
From Slate ● May 10, 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 someone had been fussing with me to read like my sister, I might have missed the picture book filled with brown people, more brown people than I'd ever seen in a book before.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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