How to Use picture-book in a Sentence
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Maybe Spain never quite produced a picture-book goal to concisely summarise their style and quality.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 20 July 2026
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The rooms and suites are spacious, with picture-book windows over the lake, ancient trees, drifting swans, and passing walkers, joggers, bikers, and dogs.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
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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
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Its crystal-clear, nutrient-dense water, filtered through chalk and fed by numerous springs, creates a perfect aquatic ecosystem and the setting for a picture-book private house by the riverbank.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
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Biblical texts on the list include a picture-book adaptation of the David and Goliath story for elementary students and passages about Adam and Eve for older students.
—Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
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Pop Mart first launched Labubu as part of a blind-box collection in 2019 after licensing the character from Hong Kong-Dutch artist Kasing Lung, who created it for a picture-book series several years earlier.
—Elaine Yu, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
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My mom had a book, like a picture book.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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There's equal demand for our teen books as our board and picture books.
—Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
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Writing a picture book isn’t easy.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
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What fun this wordless picture book will be for the little ones.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
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Noodle the pug will grace the pages of his own picture book this summer.
—NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
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The Biden picture book from his trip abroad has been a paean to friendship.
—Washington Post, 15 June 2021
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Then every four weeks, a picture book arrives at their doorstep.
—Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2021
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Chinese like to see their food options, so the menu looks like a picture book.
—Jessica Meyers, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
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My mom bought my picture books secondhand, at garage sales.
—Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
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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
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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
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Graziano and Noodle will star in a picture book to spread that message.
—NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
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No wonder sales of this picture book are on fire a decade after it was first published.
—Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023
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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
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Young and old can peruse this picture book as the months get colder and be imbued with pride.
—chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2020
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This humorous picture book gets to the bottom of it (and is a great read for all ages).
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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But what his picture book does, though, is present an inclusive story.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
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And now there's a picture book on the way, leaving the movie franchise with plenty to work with.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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At Hebron, picture books are grouped by topic.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
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Others lay on the hardwood floor, flipping through picture books.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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My intentions were to read a couple of children’s picture books and do a fun craft.
—Nina West september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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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
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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.
—Gianna Annunzio, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
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The play is based on Tammy Sauer's award-winning picture book of the same name.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 12 June 2018
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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
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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
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All Aboard the Potty Train, a rhyming picture book for preschoolers.
—courant.com, 24 Mar. 2022
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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
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The Full House alum, 62, will publish his debut picture book next year.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
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There’s a picture of me, not quite a year old, in a blue sailor suit and a red ribbon tied around my neck, staring avidly at a picture book.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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