picture book

noun

1. a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.

Word History and Origins

Origin of picture book¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Empowerment is a theme that runs throughout Wambach’s activism, speaking engagements, and now, “The Wolfpack Way,” a picture book for children that arrived in bookstores this week.

From Los Angeles Times

“Some kids are able to read and write full sentences when they start kindergarten, and then there are kids who have never been exposed to a picture book,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

With glass front-facing windows and raw wooden bookshelves, the store is filled with anything from graphic novels and picture books to poetry anthologies and adult novels — a new venture for the duo.

From Los Angeles Times

James says the idea for The Plucky Squire came from picture books he'd been reading to his young son.

From BBC

The science class ended with her reading aloud a picture book on environmental damage from fossil fuels.

From Los Angeles Times