picture book
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of picture book
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Cerebras focuses on a product known as the Wafer-Scale Engine: a square silicon chip that is far bigger than most modern AI processors at roughly the size of a children’s picture book.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 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
I brought Alice in Wonderland from a tattered series of picture book classics.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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