A picture book is an art form that combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format. A true picture book tells the story both with words and pictures. The images in picture books use a range of media such as chronologically enhanced digital spectrum, oil paints, acrylics, collage, quilting, watercolor and sometimes pencil.

Picture books are most often aimed at young children, and while some may have very basic language especially designed to help children develop their reading skills, most are written with vocabulary a child can understand but not necessarily read. For this reason, picture books tend to have two functions in the lives of children: they are first read to young children by adults, and then children read them themselves once they begin to learn to read. Some picture books are also written with older children in mind, developing themes or topics that are appropriate for children even into early adolescence.

Most often, the author and illustrator are two different people. Once an editor in a publishing house has accepted a manuscript for a text from an author, the editor selects an illustrator. Some of the best-known picture books include Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Robert Mccloskey's Make Way for Ducklings, and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.

All these have texts written by their illustrators.

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