storybook
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storybooks
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The architecture is full of storybook influences and curlicues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But this is only a memory — a child’s version of an experience, filmed with all of the bright colors and simple setups of an illustration in a storybook.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
In his pursuit of answers, Roher employs a cloying framework: his loving wife occasionally narrating as if this were a storybook and Roher the protagonist of a scary adventure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
“It’s almost like a storybook ending,” senior guard Sam Hoiberg said, after No. 4-seeded Nebraska knocked off Troy on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
A mulberry wood is the kind of place the animals have names and jobs and go on storybook adventures.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Other than the storybooks and other signs of K-12 clientele, the facilities wouldn’t be out of place at a nice university, and that includes the sloping lecture hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
This curriculum involved storybooks featuring queer and gender-nonconforming characters.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
He struggled to tackle the house as he couldn't face dealing with sentimental items tied to Lois, such as storybooks she wrote for the children, photos and a hoard of Christmas items she loved.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
The family now has the space to eat together, and a room where Craig can read Lois' storybooks to their children.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Will tensed his muscles the way the knights in his storybooks would if they’d just caught an evil wizard doing something suspicious.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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