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First Known Use of picture-book
1922
picture book
Definition of picture book
: a book that consists wholly or chiefly of pictures
Recent Examples of picture book from the Web
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From picture books, to board books for babies, to easy readers for kids who are just starting to read on their own.
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Children and teens are charged 10 cents a day up to $3, which librarians said can accumulate easily when parents and children check out stacks of colorful picture books to read together.
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Certainly that was part of my motivation to live in picture books for a while.
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Seashore, barnyard, outer space – what’s the best setting for the picture books that your favorite young reader will be enjoying this summer?
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Toddlers will receive four board books and older kids (ages 3-12) will receive either two novels or two hardcover picture books, TechCrunch reports.
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Pinkalicious is a New York Times’ best-selling children’s picture book written by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann.
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Only occasionally does a pop song seem to have been born to be a picture book.
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The 80-year-old Say, who lives in Portland, Oregon, won the Caldecott Medal in 1994 for what judges said was the best American picture book for children.
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First Known Use of picture book
1699
PICTURE-BOOK Defined for English Language Learners
picture-book
Definition of picture-book for English Language Learners
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: very pretty or charming : like a picture in a picture book
picture book
Definition of picture book for English Language Learners
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: a book that has many pictures and is usually for children
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