: 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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Dan Kelly
december 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Dec. 2025
Labubus were inspired by drawings of cuddly monsters that appeared in a picture-book series by artist Kasing Leung.
—Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Jeanette Winter, who pioneered picture book biographies for children, died on November 7 at the age of 86.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
This graphic novel from the Lenexa picture-book author and illustrator is based on the experiences of his father, who fled Communist Cuba.
—Dan Kelly
december 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Dec. 2025
Labubus were inspired by drawings of cuddly monsters that appeared in a picture-book series by artist Kasing Leung.
—Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
In 2018, his first wordless picture book, Wolf in the Snow, was awarded the Caldecott Medal, following a Boston Globe-Horn Book honor award in 2017.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Jeanette Winter, who pioneered picture book biographies for children, died on November 7 at the age of 86.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Picture-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picture-book. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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