picturebook
Illustrated children's volume
A picturebook is a book in which illustrations are central to the storytelling, not merely decorative.
The term typically refers to children's books where images and text work together, each page a visual composition: She read the picturebook aloud, pausing to let the kids study the pictures.
Also spelled as two words: picture book.
Translucent paint medium
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- artworkVisual creative production
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- inkWriting fluid
gouache · pastel · collage · spreads · endpapers · colorful · whimsical · Caldecott
Spoken or written narrative
- fableMoral tale with animals
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- moralityRight and wrong principles
adventure · fantasy · folklore · myth · legend · heroes · princesses · dragons
Magical stories for children
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
- nurseryRoom for infants
- toddlerChild learning to walk
storytime · rhymes · fables · morals · lessons · imagination · colorful · interactive
Stored past experiences
- scrapbookBook for preserving mementos
- familyRelated people together
- babyVery young child
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
christening · birthday · personalized · heirloom · dedication · inscription · treasured · childhood
watercolor
Translucent paint medium
ink · gouache · pastel · collage · spreads · endpapers · colorful · whimsical · Caldecott · illustrator
tale
Spoken or written narrative
- fableMoral tale with animals
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
morality · adventure · fantasy · folklore · myth · legend · heroes · princesses · dragons · animals
fairytales
Magical stories for children
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
- nurseryRoom for infants
toddler · storytime · rhymes · fables · morals · lessons · imagination · colorful · interactive · educational
memories
Stored past experiences
milestone · christening · birthday · personalized · heirloom · dedication · inscription · treasured · childhood · nostalgia
- Reading Aloudstorytime, bedtime story, audiobook, narrator, voice
picturebookchapter book
Segmented narrative for children
novel · young adult novel · adult fiction · literary fiction · advanced reader
picturebooktome
Substantial scholarly volume
doorstop · epic · encyclopedia · War and Peace · collected works
book, picture, pictures, booklet, pictured, picturesque, picturing, pictorial, bookshelf