picture books

Definition of picture booksnext
plural of picture book

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for picture books
Noun
  • Very was part of the band's last three studio albums, including Cope in 2014, A Black Mile to the Surface in 2017 and The Million Masks of God in 2021.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But while Arnold and the band went on to sell 30 million albums, cementing a legacy as one of the post-grunge era’s most successful groups, 3 Doors Down also were forced to navigate a series of tragedies, some by their own making.
    Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Long the purview of classrooms and anthologies, the canon is now of interest to the state itself.
    Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The pleasure, as with the unpredictable FX not-quite-anthologies Atlanta and Reservation Dogs, is in never knowing what each compact episode will bring.
    Judy Berman, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Evanston school’s performance and theater departments had a heritage of exploring non-dramatic texts like novels and narrative poems, with scholar-artists like Robert Breen and Frank Galati turning them into theater.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Samizdat originally published literary texts, which, under censorship, had been altered.
    Jennifer Lutz, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
    Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • State laws limit what bonds can be used to pay for — they cannot be used for salaries, textbooks and other day-to-day expenses.
    Kendrick Calfee February 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Groceries, gas, phone plans, insurance, textbooks and basic supplies add up until even students working multiple jobs cannot keep up.
    Johane Saintil, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Picture books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picture%20books. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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