picture book

American  

noun

picture books plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• picture books
  plural

Etymology

Origin of picture book

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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

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

“You can steer yourself in any direction you choose,” Dr. Seuss wrote in his beloved 1990 picture book “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025

Sometimes Gogol lies beside her in his parents’ bedroom, reading a picture book, or coloring with crayons.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri