How to Use picture book in a Sentence

picture book

noun
  • My mom had a book, like a picture book.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There's equal demand for our teen books as our board and picture books.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Writing a picture book isn’t easy.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
  • What fun this wordless picture book will be for the little ones.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Noodle the pug will grace the pages of his own picture book this summer.
    — NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The Biden picture book from his trip abroad has been a paean to friendship.
    — Washington Post, 15 June 2021
  • Then every four weeks, a picture book arrives at their doorstep.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Chinese like to see their food options, so the menu looks like a picture book.
    — Jessica Meyers, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
  • My mom bought my picture books secondhand, at garage sales.
    — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
  • In the bedroom was a teddy bear; on the floor, the pages of a picture book were crisped and sooty.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • This fun picture book about a girl and her new puppy is perfect for little ones.
    — Katie Malloy and Karli Pederson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Graziano and Noodle will star in a picture book to spread that message.
    — NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • No wonder sales of this picture book are on fire a decade after it was first published.
    — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023
  • The little picture book features a small boy with red hair and rosy cheeks who goes for a walk and gets lost.
    — Cary Aspinwall, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Young and old can peruse this picture book as the months get colder and be imbued with pride.
    — chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • This humorous picture book gets to the bottom of it (and is a great read for all ages).
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • But what his picture book does, though, is present an inclusive story.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
  • And now there's a picture book on the way, leaving the movie franchise with plenty to work with.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • At Hebron, picture books are grouped by topic.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Others lay on the hardwood floor, flipping through picture books.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • My intentions were to read a couple of children’s picture books and do a fun craft.
    — Nina West september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • At 48 pages, this is longer than the standard picture book, which helps give it an epic feeling.
    — Tegan Tigani, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2021
  • From picture books, to board books for babies, to easy readers for kids who are just starting to read on their own.
    — Gianna Annunzio, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • The play is based on Tammy Sauer's award-winning picture book of the same name.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 12 June 2018
  • The Babadook jumps out of a picture book and torments a mother and son already reeling from a death.
    — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Anyone who remembers the classic kids' picture book will thrill to see Lyle come to the big screen.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
  • All Aboard the Potty Train, a rhyming picture book for preschoolers.
    — courant.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Any children’s book may have a shot at the Newbery, and any picture book, at the Caldecott.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • There’s a picture of me, not quite a year old, in a blue sailor suit and a red ribbon tied around my neck, staring avidly at a picture book.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • These authors use unpublished Geisel sketches for new picture books.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 27 June 2026

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