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.
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.
Notable creators of picture books on the wiki:
- Bill Peet
- Graeme Base
- Wilhelm Busch
- Janell Cannon
- Henrik Drescher
- Edward Gorey
- Janosch
- Ezra Jack Keats
- Beatrix Potter
- Richard Scarry
- Dr. Seuss
- Shel Silverstein
- Margaret Snyder
- Shaun Tan
- Rosemary Wells
- Enid Blyton (Mainly in her Noddy books)
- Patricia Polacco
Picture books on the wiki:
- 3-D Thrillers!
- Animal Antics A to Z
- The Arrival
- Arthur
- Art The Gecko Makes A Friend
- Babar
- The Berenstain Bears
- The Book of Bunny Suicides
- The Boy Who Ate Around
- The Butter Battle Book
- The Cat in the Hat
- The Church Mice
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Codex Seraphinianus
- Corduroy
- Corduroy Lost And Found
- A Day In The Life Of Marlon Bundo
- The Egyptian Cinderella
- Elephant & Piggie
- Eyes On Adventure
- The Father Christmas Letters
- Flanimals
- Flying With Santa
- The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
- Fox in Socks
- Franklin
- The Giving Tree
- Goodnight Goon
- Goodnight Moon
- Grandpa Gray by Cass Hollander.
- Green Eggs and Ham
- Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Happy Birthday to You!
- Hattie & Hudson
- Helgas Dowry
- Hello, Bumblebee Bat
- Homestar Runner picture books
- Horton Hatches the Egg
- Horton Hears a Who!
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- Ice Age: Chills, Thrills And Spills
- The Ice-Cream Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds
- I See A Cat
- I Spy
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Dinosaur Tracker
- King Crow
- King of the Dinosaurs: Tyrannosaurus rex
- Klutz
- Koziołek Matołek
- Let's Start Drawing
- The Lion King: Six New Adventures
- Little Bear
- The Little Book Of Prayers
- Little Owl's Night
- Lovethe Beastie
- Love You Forever
- The Lorax
- The Lost Thing
- Marenote
- Martha Speaks
- Max and Moritz
- Max and Ruby
- Mik's Mammoth by Roy Gerrard
- Miss Bindergarten
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
- The Monster at the End of This Book
- Monsters In My Mailbox by Ellen Jackson
- Some (not all) books of The Moomins series
- Mufaros Beautiful Daughters
- My New Kitten
- My Teacher Sleeps In School
- The Noddy series by Enid Blyton
- Nuddy Ned
- Officer Buckle And Gloria
- Ology Series
- Pat the Beastie
- Phenomenanote
- Pigeon Series (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and its various sequels)
- Pinduli
- Pink And Say
- The Polar Express
- Prince Cinders
- The Red Tree 2001
- Rugrats: The Turkey Who Came To Dinner
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Saint George and the Dragon
- Sam And Samantha Book Series
- Seven Little Monsters
- The Staircase Cat
- The Silly Book
- The Silly Canine Caper
- Simon's Book
- The Sissy Duckling
- A Sister More Like Me
- The Spider and the Fly
- Stellaluna
- The Stinky Cheese Man
- The Story of Ferdinand
- The Stupids
- The Superdictionary
- Struwwelpeter
- 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
- Timothy Goes to School
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
- The Unexplained
- Verdi
- The Watertower
- Where's My Cow?
- Where's Wally?
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Who's Afraid Of Boomer?
- Wish Book Series
- Yoko
