: a book that consists wholly or chiefly of pictures
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Adjective
the players gave a picture-book performance that will go down in the annals of football as one of the all-time great games
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Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
Cereza and the Lost Demon is easy to fall in love with as a magical picture-book that deviates into the macabre side of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
—Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The pre-school level picture book has spawned several sequels, including Freckleface Strawberry: Loose Tooth and Freckleface Strawberry and the Really Big Voice.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The spread of literacy, newfangled methods of production and an almost mystical efflorescence of creativity combined to produce superb and lasting works of picture-book art.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
Cereza and the Lost Demon is easy to fall in love with as a magical picture-book that deviates into the macabre side of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
—Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Noun
Now with a companion picture book, The Wild Robot on the Island, set to hit the shelves in June and a Creepy Tales chapter book out in September, Brown has found himself with his hands full.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The pre-school level picture book has spawned several sequels, including Freckleface Strawberry: Loose Tooth and Freckleface Strawberry and the Really Big Voice.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Picture-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picture-book. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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