storybooks
Illustrated narrative volumes
Storybooks are books containing stories, especially those written for children with illustrations.
The word often evokes tales of fantasy, adventure, or moral lessons: She read from her favorite storybook before bed.
As an adjective, storybook describes something idealized or fairy-tale perfect: a storybook ending, a storybook romance.
Traditional magical children's stories
- nursery rhymesTraditional poems for toddlers
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
- read-aloudSpoken performance of text
- fablesDidactic animal stories
Mother Goose · Dr. Seuss · storytime · lullabies · pajamas · tucking in · nightlight · imagination
Rigid-bound book format
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- pagesBound paper sheets
- bindingLegally or morally required
dust jacket · bookshelf · library · illustrations · print · typography · glossy · matte
Accounts of events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- plotsSecret plans or storylines
- moralsPrinciples of right conduct
- chaptersMain divisions of text
protagonists · villains · settings · themes · folklore · legends · Grimm · Andersen
Traditional oral narratives
- AnansiWest African spider deity
- Arabian NightsMedieval Middle Eastern folklore anthology
- Baba YagaSlavic witch of legend
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
oral tradition · Aesop · trickster tales · legends · heritage · ancestors · fables · tradition
One's word collection
- phonicsSound-based reading instruction
- early readersBooks for beginning readers
- sight wordsCommon words learned by shape
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
primers · concepts · colors · shapes · numbers · letters · literacy · comprehension
fairy tales
Traditional magical children's stories
- nursery rhymesTraditional poems for toddlers
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
- read-aloudSpoken performance of text
fables · Mother Goose · Dr. Seuss · storytime · lullabies · pajamas · tucking in · nightlight · imagination · wonder
hardcover
Rigid-bound book format
binding · dust jacket · bookshelf · library · illustrations · print · typography · glossy · matte · endpapers
narratives
Accounts of events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- plotsSecret plans or storylines
- moralsPrinciples of right conduct
chapters · protagonists · villains · settings · themes · folklore · legends · Grimm · Andersen · Aesop
folktales
Traditional oral narratives
- AnansiWest African spider deity
- Arabian NightsMedieval Middle Eastern folklore anthology
- Baba YagaSlavic witch of legend
mythology · oral tradition · Aesop · trickster tales · legends · heritage · ancestors · fables · tradition · folklore
vocabulary
One's word collection
- phonicsSound-based reading instruction
- early readersBooks for beginning readers
- sight wordsCommon words learned by shape
learning · primers · concepts · colors · shapes · numbers · letters · literacy · comprehension · reading skills
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- kids' bookschildren's literature, easy readers, young readers, read-aloud, nursery rhymes
- Bible for kidschildren's Bible, illustrated Bible, baby Jesus, David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale
- Illustrated Storiesfairy tales, fables, comics, graphic novels, manga
- kids' readingebooks, audiobooks, storytime, learning games, educational apps
- moral talesfable, parable, allegory, moral fables, moral fable
storybookstextbooks
Educational reference volumes
reference books · encyclopedias · dictionaries · handbooks · technical manuals
storybooksacademic journals
Publications for peer-reviewed research
technical documentation · legal texts · scientific papers · dissertations · white papers
storybooksnonfiction
Literature about real events
histories · biographies · historical records · documentaries · journalism
- storybook magicEnchantment from children's tales
- storybook charactersInvented people in narratives