picture books

Definition of picture booksnext
plural of picture book
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Noun
  • All four albums were released on vinyl on April 18, Record Store Day, with a CD and digital release on April 24 — what would have been Segal’s 100th birthday.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Casablancas has also released multiple successful solo albums.
    Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • His first collection, Death of a Naturalist, was published by Faber and Faber in 1966 and was followed by eleven other volumes of poetry, as well as collections of literary criticism, anthologies, translations, and verse plays.
    Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In 2016 Marlowe was co-credited as the writer of Henry VI, Part 1 (1589–92), Part 2 (1590–92), and Part 3 (1590–93) in an edition of the New Oxford Shakespeare (one of several modern anthologies of Shakespeare’s works).
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Pavlopoulos was frustrated that the man was ignoring his calls and texts.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Connecticut Sun forward Aaliyah Edwards has spent the last month fielding constant texts and calls from friends and family trying to get tickets to the team’s preseason game against the Toronto Tempo.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 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
  • Without this kind of research, states may promote ineffective textbooks and leave schools with a confusing choice on which textbooks to use.
    Shawn Datchuk, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The future of hospitality education isn’t found in textbooks.
    Dr. Michael Cheng, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Picture books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picture%20books. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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