storybook characters

Tales' invented people

Storybook characters are the people, animals, or creatures who appear in children's stories—princes, witches, talking animals, and the like.

The phrase often describes qualities that seem too perfect or fantastical for real life: a storybook romance, a storybook ending.

Someone with storybook good looks has the idealized features of an illustrated fairy tale.

Related

villain · wicked stepmother · witch · magic mirror · dragon · castle · enchanted · magical · prince · true love · damsel in distress · quest · woodland · talking animals · wicked · brave · kingdom · spell

Opposites
ontological status

storybook charactersreal people

historical figures · eyewitnesses

source/origin

storybook characterseyewitness accounts

Reports from direct observers

acquaintances

narrative quality

storybook charactersordinary people

Everyday individuals, unremarkable

everyday people · common people · antiheroes · regular folks

Family

story, storybook, stories, storied, storyteller, storytelling, books, booked, booking

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G