picture book
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of picture book
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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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
The picture book will be published by Puffin, and is due to be released in September 2026.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
This is the barest minimum required when reading a picture book to children.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025
If the house was something out of a picture book, the room was something out of a dream.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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