picture books

noun

plural of picture book
as in albums

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  1. albums
  2. anthologies
  3. texts
  4. novels
  5. textbooks
Noun
  • There are amps and half stacks and touring crates, a walk-in closet full of LPs and seven-inches, and along the back wall, above a cluttered stage, there are printouts of the track listings for each of the band’s 13 studio albums.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Ozell is a jazz singer and songwriter who has released two albums — 2015’s Take It With Me and 2020’s Overnight Lows — and cites Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, and Cassandra Wilson as influences.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of albums
Noun
  • The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
  • That said, there’s something about being held captive inside another person’s questionable taste that can really work for certain horror anthologies, and the director at least comes off wonderfully playful here.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of anthologies
Noun
  • Escola is pulling from Muppet ephemera as much as the main filmic texts.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The pro-wealth-tax campaign is sending voters emails and texts and has an online presence.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of texts
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
Definition of novels
Noun
  • In 2013, Pearson graduated as valedictorian of Mitchell High School, after leading protests at the school to demand textbooks for students.
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Foyles Educational supplied textbooks and prizes to schools, and the library department provided a similar service for public libraries.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of textbooks
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“Picture books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picture%20books. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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