Picture Books

Books which combine pictures and text into a work that wouldn't be complete with either of these parts missing.

Often –-but not necessarily-– the illustrator is also the author of the text, which can be prose or verse. Picture Books are often aimed at young children because they are supposed to help children learn words and reading. However, not all picture books are intended for children.

As a genre of Children's Literature, picture books established themselves in the 19th century.

The origin of Comic Books can be traced back to Picture Books, as they are a Sub-Trope of Sequential Art. Books where pictures are essential but not pervasive (e.g. author-illustrated books) are covered in Canon Illustrations.

See Author Illustrators for creators of picture books. Contrast Picture Drama.

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Creators of picture books on the wiki:

• Graeme Base
• Enid Blyton (Mainly in her Noddy books)
• Wilhelm Busch
• Janell Cannon
• Eric Carle
• Tomie dePaola
• Julia Donaldson
• Henrik Drescher
• Edward Gorey
• Daniel Handler (as Lemony Snicket)
• Janosch
• William Joyce
• Ezra Jack Keats
• Steven Kellogg
• Judith Kerr
• Robert Munsch
• Kenneth Oppel
• Bill Peet
• Dav Pilkey
• Patricia Polacco
• Beatrix Potter
• Richard Scarry
• Maurice Sendak
• Dr. Seuss
• Shel Silverstein
• Margaret Snyder
• William Steig
• Shaun Tan
• Tomi Ungerer
• Chris Van Allsburg
• Eric Walters (although more famous for his Young Adult Literature)
• Rosemary Wells
• Takashi Yanase

Picture books on the wiki:

• 3-D Thrillers!
• Alice and Sparkle
• Angel Child, Dragon Child
• Anpanman
• Angelina Ballerina series
• Animal Antics A to Z
• Anna Kadabra
  • Marcus Pocus
• The Arrival
• Arthur
• Art the Gecko Makes a Friend
• Babar
• Bad Kitty
• Barebum Billy
• Bark, George
• Bearhead
• The Berenstain Bears
• The Boogie Woogie Bears series
• The Book of Bunny Suicides
• The Boy Who Ate Around
• Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
• Burglar Bill
• The Butter Battle Book
• Can You See What I See?
• Carson Crosses Canada
• The Cat in the Hat
• Charlie and Lola
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
• Chirin no Suzu
• Chrysanthemum
• The Chupacabra Ate The Candelabra
• The Church Mice
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Codex Seraphinianus
• Corduroy
• Corduroy Lost and Found
• Crictor
• The Darkest Dark
• A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
• The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
• The Dragon Series
• The Egyptian Cinderella
• Elephant & Piggie
  • We Are in a Book!
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
• Erandi's Braids
• Eyes on Adventure
• Fairy Foals
• Fancy Nancy
• The Father Christmas Letters
• Flanimals
• Flying With Santa
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
• Fox in Socks
• Franklin
• Frog and Toad
• The Gashlycrumb Tinies
• Gigantosaurus
• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
• The Giving Tree
• Goodnight Goon
• Goodnight Moon
• Grandpa Gray by Cass Hollander.
• The Great Balloon Race
• Green Eggs and Ham
• Gregory, the Terrible Eater
• The Gruffalo
• The Guardians of Childhood
• Guess How Much I Love You
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Happy Birthday to You!
• Hattie & Hudson
• Heather Has Two Mommies
• Helga's Dowry
• Hello, Bumblebee Bat
• Henry Hugglemonster
• Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
• Hilda and Richie
• Hilda and the Mad Scientist
• Homestar Runner picture books
  • The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest
  • Where My Hat Is At?
• Hooway for Wodney Wat
• Horton Hatches the Egg
• Horton Hears a Who!
• How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
• The Huffin Puff Express
• Hurray for the Dorchester!
• Hurty Feelings
• I Love You to the Moon and Back
• I See a Cat
• I Spy
• Ice Age: Chills, Thrills and Spills
• The Ice-Cream Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
• Imagine That!: How Dr. Seuss Wrote The Cat In The Hat
• In A Pumpkin Shell: Over 20 Pumpkin Projects For Kids
• Interrupting Chicken And The Elephant Of Surprise
• It's Kirby Time
• It's Not Easy Being a Bunny
• Johnny the Walrus
• Jumanji
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Dinosaur Tracker
• The Kindly Lion
• King Crow
• King of the Dinosaurs: Tyrannosaurus rex
• Klutz
• Knuffle Bunny
• Koziołek Matołek
• The Last Hero
• Llama Llama
• Let's Start Drawing
• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
• Listen Buddy
• Little Bear
• The Little Book of Prayers
• Little Critter
• The Little Endless Storybook
• Little Golden Books
  • Doctor Dan the Bandage Man
  • Little Man of Disneyland
  • The Lucky Puppy
  • Mad Hatter's Tea Party
  • Mickey Mouse and His Spaceship
  • Moon Man
  • Nurse Nancy
  • Olaf's Perfect Day
  • The Poky Little Puppy
  • The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
  • Scamp: The Adventures of a Little Puppy
  • Sleeping Beauty and the Good Fairies
  • The Wonderful School
• Little Owl's Night
• The Lorax
• The Lost Thing
• Love the Beastie
• Love You Forever
• Maisy
• Make Way for Ducklings
• Mare^note Interestingly are they illustrated by Olve Askim instead of Eliassen himself who is an illustrator. Askim did also for some reason draw the cover of the 7th book of Eliassen's more famous book series Phenomena as well. But rather for a very young audience is it more aimed at ages 8 and up.
• Martha Speaks
• Max and Moritz
• Max and Ruby
• Me and My Dad
• Mik's Mammoth by Roy Gerrard
• Miss Bindergarten
• Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
• Mog
• The Monster at the End of This Book
• The Monster Bed
• Monsters in My Mailbox by Ellen Jackson
• Some (not all) books of The Moomins series
• The Most Wonderful Thing in the World
• Mouse Math
• Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
• My New Kitten
• My Teacher Sleeps in School
• The Name Jar
• Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse!
• Nerdycorn
• Night Night Dino-Snores
• The Noddy series by Enid Blyton
• Nuddy Ned
• The Numberlys
• Officer Buckle and Gloria
• Oliver Button Is a Sissy
• Ology Series
• One Cool Friend
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
• Oona
• Otto: Autobiography of a Teddy Bear
• The Pagemaster: Lift-A-Flap
• The Paper Bag Princess
• Pat the Beastie
• Penguin Problems
• Pete & Pickles
• Peter Rabbit: A Winter's Tale
• Phenomena ^note But only the spin-off books, interestingly are they illustrated by Øystein Runde instead of Eliassen himself, who is an illustrator as well and even illustrated the main books. But rather for a very young audience is it more aimed at ages 8 and up. Even more interestingly did Eliassen want to make the main series a picture book series at first.
• Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue
• Pigeon Series (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and its various sequels)
• Pinduli
• Pink and Say
• Pinkerton series (Pinkerton, Behave! and its sequels)
• Pinky and Rex series
• The Polar Express
• A Porcupine Named Fluffy
• Prince Cinders
• Prince Ribbit
• Princess Bedtime Stories
• The Princess and the Pig
• The Proudest Blue
• The Red Tree 2001
• Rex Series
• Robo-Sauce
• Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Rudolph Shines Again
• Rudolph's Lessons for Life
• Rugrats: The Turkey Who Came to Dinner
• Saint George and the Dragon
• Sam & Samantha Book Series
  • Sam's Pizza
  • Sam's Snack
• Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
• SantaKid
• Scaredy Squirrel
• Score One for the Sloths
• the secret lives of Princesses
• Seven Little Monsters
• Shrek
• The Silly Book
• The Silly Canine Caper
• Simon's Book
• The Sissy Duckling
• The Rose Flower and Joe
• A Sister More Like Me
• Snow Leopard: Ghost of the Mountains
• The Snowy Day
• Something Might Happen
• Space Jam: How I Saved the World
• The Spider and the Fly
• The Staircase Cat
• Stellaluna
• And Still the Turtle Watched
• The Stinky Cheese Man
• The Story of Ferdinand
• Strega Nona
• The Stupids
• Struwwelpeter
• The Super Dictionary
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
• Tacky the Penguin
• The Tailor of Gloucester
• The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
• The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
• The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher
• The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse
• The Tale of Mr Tod
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
• The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
• The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
• The Tale of Tom Kitten
• The Tale of Two Bad Mice
• Taro And Jiro The Sibling Locomotives
  • Dr. Tomato & The Beetle
• Tatu and Patu
• There's No Such Thing as a Dragon
• There's Something About Sam
• The Three Robbers
• The Tiger Who Came to Tea
• Timothy Goes to School
• Today, I Will Fly!
• Toot & Puddle
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
• The Unexplained
• Vampirina
• Verdi
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• The Very Quiet Cricket
• La vida secreta de Rebecca Paradise
• The Watertower
• Wemberly Worried
• What Are You So Grumpy About?
• Where Are They?
• Where's My Cow?
• Where's Wally?
• Where the Wild Things Are
• Who's Afraid of Boomer?
• Wish Book Series
  • The Puppy's Wish
• The X-Ray Picture Book of Incredible Creatures
• Yoko
• Zathura

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