picture books

plural of picture book

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picture books
Noun
  • Lana Del Rey appears to have not one, but two new albums on the way.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026
  • She’s opened for both Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift, and released two full-length albums with her third LP Daughter From Hell out this Friday.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • The third chapter of my book on anthologies, The Treasuries, is about literary censorship in the early nineteenth century.
    Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
  • Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • At the request of The Times, Keith documented the meals for a few days in texts and photos.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • Each age sees metaphors of their own struggles in these ancient texts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 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
  • Children’s literature can humanize Black people in a way that news coverage, television, films and school textbooks and curriculum often do not, helping to combat racial bias and stereotypes.
    Brooke Harris Garad, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
  • The forthcoming book will tell American history through the lives of everyday people, especially those whose stories have often been left out of traditional textbooks.
    Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
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“Picture books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picture%20books. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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