picture book
Americannoun
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picture books
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of picture book
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Sarah Howden’s deadpan picture book asks, why not a pickle?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
It is based on the picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, who wrote and illustrated The Gruffalo.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
This is the barest minimum required when reading a picture book to children.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
The appropriate answer, as far as she was concerned, was "tired," because the overly cheery instructor forced us to lie down on sticky rubber mats for twenty minutes after "lunchtime picture book."
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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