How to Use picture book in a Sentence

picture book

noun
  • In the bedroom was a teddy bear; on the floor, the pages of a picture book were crisped and sooty.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The Biden picture book from his trip abroad has been a paean to friendship.
    Washington Post, 15 June 2021
  • Noodle the pug will grace the pages of his own picture book this summer.
    NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The play is based on Tammy Sauer's award-winning picture book of the same name.
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 12 June 2018
  • The view of M Street was like one out of a Boston summer picture book.
    Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
  • Graziano and Noodle will star in a picture book to spread that message.
    NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Chinese like to see their food options, so the menu looks like a picture book.
    Jessica Meyers, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
  • There's equal demand for our teen books as our board and picture books.
    Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The picture book is just one of Tatum's ongoing projects.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Any children’s book may have a shot at the Newbery, and any picture book, at the Caldecott.
    Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The little picture book features a small boy with red hair and rosy cheeks who goes for a walk and gets lost.
    Cary Aspinwall, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • All Aboard the Potty Train, a rhyming picture book for preschoolers.
    courant.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Now, Reynolds is delving into the world of picture books.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the pecking order of picture books, Robert McCloskey’s have been at the top of the heap for almost 80 years.
    Elisabeth Egan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • At 48 pages, this is longer than the standard picture book, which helps give it an epic feeling.
    Tegan Tigani, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2021
  • In mid-April, fans were thrilled to learn about the actor's plans to publish a picture book called Just Because.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The Babadook jumps out of a picture book and torments a mother and son already reeling from a death.
    Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The film-turned-franchise is loosely based on the 1990 fantasy picture book of the same name by William Steig.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • Young and old can peruse this picture book as the months get colder and be imbued with pride.
    chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Admission for up to four people is $17.99 plus tax and includes a copy of the picture book.
    Carole Goldberg, courant.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Anyone who remembers the classic kids' picture book will thrill to see Lyle come to the big screen.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
  • Murray picked up a copy of the picture book on recent trip to the mainland, according to AP.
    Emily Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The new picture book ‘Opal’s Greenwood Oasis’ highlights the vibrancy of the district through the eyes of a young child.
    Lakshmi Gandhi, NBC News, 30 May 2021
  • From picture books, to board books for babies, to easy readers for kids who are just starting to read on their own.
    Gianna Annunzio, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • No wonder sales of this picture book are on fire a decade after it was first published.
    Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023
  • What to Consider: The Kindle is in black and white so picture books won’t translate well on screen.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Both landed atop the list of New York Times best-selling children’s picture books.
    Théoden Janes, charlotteobserver, 26 Apr. 2018
  • This fun picture book about a girl and her new puppy is perfect for little ones.
    Katie Malloy and Karli Pederson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • In Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab’s household, reading is a big deal — and now the couple has poured that passion into their first joint picture book!
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The rapt attention of us lucky passengers reminds me of kindergarteners sitting at the foot of a librarian who animatedly reads to them from a picture book, pointing to the illustrations while turning the pages.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2024

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