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

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

He gave out copies of “The Little Engine That Could” picture book to encourage the “Titanic” department heads to keep going, despite the many practical and budgetary stresses they faced.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

The book she was thinking of was actually a children’s picture book called Pierre et la Baguette, which translates loosely as “Peter and the Loaf of French Bread.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood