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. Picture Books are often aimed at young children, because they are supposed to help children learn words and reading. Not all picture books are intended for children, though.

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

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The origin of Comic Books can be traced back to Picture Books. Books where pictures are essential but not pervasive (e.g. author-illustrated books) are covered in Canon Illustrations.

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Creators of picture books on the wiki:

• Graeme Base
• Enid Blyton (Mainly in her Noddy books)
• Wilhelm Busch
• Janell Cannon
• Tomie dePaola
• Henrik Drescher
• Edward Gorey
• Daniel Handler (as Lemony Snicket)
• Janosch
• Ezra Jack Keats
• Steven Kellogg
• Judith Kerr
• Robert Munsch
• Bill Peet
• Dav Pilkey
• Patricia Polacco
• Beatrix Potter
• Richard Scarry
• Dr. Seuss
• Shel Silverstein
• Margaret Snyder
• Shaun Tan
• Tomi Ungerer
• Rosemary Wells
• Takashi Yanase

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Picture books on the wiki:

• 3-D Thrillers!
• Anpanman
• Animal Antics A to Z
• The Arrival
• Arthur
• Art The Gecko Makes A Friend
• Babar
• Bad Kitty
• Bark, George
• Bearhead
• The Berenstain Bears
• The Boogie Woogie Bears series
• The Book of Bunny Suicides
• The Boy Who Ate Around
• Burglar Bill
• The Butter Battle Book
• Can You See What I See?
• Carson Crosses Canada
• The Cat in the Hat
• Charlie and Lola
• Chirin no Suzu
• 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
• Doctor Dan the Bandage Man
• The Dragon Series
• The Egyptian Cinderella
• Elephant & Piggie
  • We Are in a Book!
• Eyes On Adventure
• Fancy Nancy
• The Father Christmas Letters
• Flanimals
• Flying With Santa
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
• Fox in Socks
• Franklin
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• 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
• 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
• Hilda and Richie
• 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!
• Hurray for the Dorchester!
• 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
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Dinosaur Tracker
• King Crow
• King of the Dinosaurs: Tyrannosaurus rex
• Klutz
• Knuffle Bunny
• Koziołek Matołek
• The Last Hero
• Llama Llama
• Let's Start Drawing
• Little Bear
• The Little Book Of Prayers
• Little Critter
• Little Man of Disneyland
• Little Owl's Night
• The Lorax
• The Lost Thing
• Love the Beastie
• Love You Forever
• The Lucky Puppy
• Mad Hatters Tea Party
• 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
• Mickey Mouse And His Spaceship
• 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
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
• My New Kitten
• My Teacher Sleeps in School
• Nerdycorn
• Night Night Dino-Snores
• The Noddy series by Enid Blyton
• Nuddy Ned
• The Numberlys
• Nurse Nancy
• Officer Buckle And Gloria
• Olaf's Perfect Day
• Oliver Button Is a Sissy
• Ology Series
• One Cool Friend
• Otto: Autobiography of a Teddy Bear
• The Pagemaster: Lift-A-Flap
• The Paper Bag Princess
• Pat the Beastie
• Penguin Problems
• 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.
• Pinkerton series (Pinkerton, Behave! and its sequels)
• Pigeon Series (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and its various sequels)
• Pinduli
• Pink And Say
• "The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas"
• The Polar Express
• Prince Cinders
• Prince Ribbit
• "Princess Bedtime Stories"
• The Princess And The Pig
• The Proudest Blue
• The Red Tree 2001
• Rex Series
• "Robo-Sauce"
• Rowley Jeffersons 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
• "Scamp The Adventures Of A Little Puppy"
• "Sam & Samantha Book Series"
  • "Sam's Pizza"
  • "Sam's Snack"
• Scaredy Squirrel
• Seven Little Monsters
• The Silly Book
• The Silly Canine Caper
• Simon's Book
• The Sissy Duckling
• The Rose Flower and Joe
• A Sister More Like Me
• Sleeping Beauty And The Good Fairies
• Snow Leopard: Ghost Of The Mountains
• Space Jam: How I Saved The World
• The Spider and the Fly
• The Staircase Cat
• Stellaluna
• The Stinky Cheese Man
• The Story of Ferdinand
• Strega Nona
• The Stupids
• The Superdictionary
• Struwwelpeter
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
• 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
• There's Something About Sam
• The Three Robbers
• The Tiger Who Came to Tea
• Timothy Goes to School
• Toot & Puddle
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
• The Unexplained
• Vampirina
• Verdi
• The Watertower
• 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 Wonderful School
• The X-Ray Picture Book of Incredible Creatures
• Yoko
• The Kindly Lion

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