picture books
Stories with drawings
Picture books are children's books where illustrations carry as much narrative weight as text—or more.
The pictures aren't decorative but essential to the story: She reads picture books to her toddler every night.
The format typically features large pages with minimal text, designed for young children or for adults to read aloud.
Picture books remain a child's introduction to literature, though some transcend their audience: Sendak's picture books work on multiple levels.
Ability to read, write
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
- readingInterpreting written text
- phonicsSound-based reading instruction
vocabulary · alphabet · bedtime · storytime · library · teaching · parents · toddlers
Visual creative production
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- drawingsImages rendered by hand
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
- paintingsPictures made with pigment
imagery · spreads · endpapers · dust-jacket · covers · typography · layout · design
Account of events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- fablesDidactic animal stories
- fairytalesMagical stories for children
folklore · legends · adventure · fantasy · morals · themes · repetition · rhyme
Playful, capricious quality
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- dreamworldImaginary realm during slumber
fanciful · magical · fantastical · surreal · playful · inventive · nonsense · personification
literacy
Ability to read, write
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
- readingInterpreting written text
phonics · vocabulary · alphabet · bedtime · storytime · library · teaching · parents · toddlers · children
artwork
Visual creative production
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- drawingsImages rendered by hand
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
paintings · imagery · spreads · endpapers · dust-jacket · covers · typography · layout · design · mixed-media
narrative
Account of events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- fablesDidactic animal stories
fairytales · folklore · legends · adventure · fantasy · morals · themes · repetition · rhyme · pacing
whimsy
Playful, capricious quality
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
dreamworld · fanciful · magical · fantastical · surreal · playful · inventive · nonsense · personification · transformation
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, bedtime stories, Harry Potter, Dr. Seuss
- children's storiesfairy tales, animal stories, folk tales, classic tales, folk stories
- fictionfiction, novel, novels, novella, novellas
- kids' bookschildren's literature, storybooks, easy readers, bedtime stories, young readers
- kids' entertainmentanimated films, fairy tales, bedtime stories, nursery rhymes, animal stories
picture bookschapter books
Segmented longer narratives
novels · prose fiction · textbooks · literary fiction · reference books
picture bookschapter books
Segmented longer narratives
novels · young adult novels · adult fiction · literary fiction · advanced readers
picture booksserialized novels
Stories issued in successive installments
mass market paperbacks · pocket books · audiobooks · e-books
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