picture books

Definition of picture booksnext
plural of picture book

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for picture books
Noun
  • Each and every week, the band lives close to – if not inside – the highest tier on several albums rosters, while multiple singles can appear near one another across sales, streaming, and general consumption rankings.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Dunbar and Shakespeare formed their own label, Taxi Records, in 1980, which was home to releases from the pair (Gamblers Choice, A Dub Experience, Electro Reggae), as well as albums by Ini Kamoze, Isaacs, Black Uhuru, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Yellowman and Brown, among others.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 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 proposal is part of a statewide reading list the Texas Education Agency created under House Bill 1605, a 2023 law that aims to give students a more consistent set of texts across grade levels.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Melvin Williams, a professor of communication and media studies at Pace University, says the spiteful nature of Swift and Lively's texts doesn't reflect well on either woman − and both have probably lost some fans as a result.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 Jan. 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
  • Reading it in textbooks is intimidating.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2026
  • At many community colleges, this has meant compensating faculty members to develop textbooks and other course materials that will be freely available to students.
    Austin Barraza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Picture books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picture%20books. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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