: a book that consists wholly or chiefly of pictures
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Examples of picture-book in a Sentence
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
Shot mainly in Colombia, with some Texas locations as well, the feature brims with verdant, rolling terrain and picture-book skies.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
What came to mind was not the city itself, but the many gelatos that Falconer’s spunky picture-book heroine Olivia eats before and after her family’s travails on their sinking gondola while in the Italian city.
—Idra Novey, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
The Guache look of the film provides a grounding reality while also allowing for flights of fancy and a surreal picture-book tone.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
Nearly three presidential terms, a pandemic, and, most seriously, two children’s picture books by the band’s singer, Tim Harrington, have occurred in that period.
—Reed Jackson, SPIN, 9 May 2024
Mendes releases her first children’s picture book, Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries, on Sept. 17.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
Gibney is an award-winning author of anthologies, essays and picture books.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 5 May 2024
Also available is a large selection of picture books for younger children: Benno and the Night of Broken Glass, Oskar and the Eight Blessings, The Cat Who Lived With Anne Frank.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
In a baby’s first few months, parents can begin early literacy by reading to their child with colorful picture books, especially with bright contrasting colors.
—Isabella Balandran, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
The stars of Story & Pictures By are picture book creators changing the narrative for the next generation, even when their own lives are not fairytales.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
According to her April 2023 Bustle profile, McAdams visited Blume’s Florida bookstore to pick up a copy of Margaret for her daughter and Blume’s picture book, Good Night Florida Keys, for both of her kids.
—Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
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
Shot mainly in Colombia, with some Texas locations as well, the feature brims with verdant, rolling terrain and picture-book skies.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
What came to mind was not the city itself, but the many gelatos that Falconer’s spunky picture-book heroine Olivia eats before and after her family’s travails on their sinking gondola while in the Italian city.
—Idra Novey, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
The Guache look of the film provides a grounding reality while also allowing for flights of fancy and a surreal picture-book tone.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
Noun
In this picture book written by a prominent Minnesota writer, a young Hmong girl born and raised in a refugee camp wonders what life could be like outside.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
Nearly three presidential terms, a pandemic, and, most seriously, two children’s picture books by the band’s singer, Tim Harrington, have occurred in that period.
—Reed Jackson, SPIN, 9 May 2024
Mendes releases her first children’s picture book, Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries, on Sept. 17.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
Gibney is an award-winning author of anthologies, essays and picture books.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 5 May 2024
Also available is a large selection of picture books for younger children: Benno and the Night of Broken Glass, Oskar and the Eight Blessings, The Cat Who Lived With Anne Frank.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
In a baby’s first few months, parents can begin early literacy by reading to their child with colorful picture books, especially with bright contrasting colors.
—Isabella Balandran, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
The stars of Story & Pictures By are picture book creators changing the narrative for the next generation, even when their own lives are not fairytales.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
According to her April 2023 Bustle profile, McAdams visited Blume’s Florida bookstore to pick up a copy of Margaret for her daughter and Blume’s picture book, Good Night Florida Keys, for both of her kids.
—Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Picture-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picture-book. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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