picture book

Noun

Meaning

a book consisting chiefly of pictures

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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed. Arthur Helps

I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there. Cornelia Funke

I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format. Dick Bruna

It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books. Margaret Mahy

The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book. Margaret Mahy

Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story. Philip Reeve

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