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

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Etymology

Origin of picture book

First recorded in 1850–55

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

This is the barest minimum required when reading a picture book to children.

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

They look like those ducklings from the picture book I used to read to my brother when he was little.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

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