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Picture books are illustrated. Usually each page has a few lines of text but sometimes they are wordless.
Picture books are usually 32 pages long and have very few lines of text on each page. Usually less that 1000 words in a book.
A really good picture book will tell a simple story with the words and elaborate on that story with rich illustrations. Some picture books tell different stories in the words and illustrations.
Jeannie Baker is a collage artist who makes the most amazing wordless picture books. Look at how the story is unfolding outside the window....but also look at the window ledge and all around the window!
The Pig the Pug series by Aaron Blabey is an example of picture books where the pictures often tell a different story to the words. Do these two characters really look like they're playing happily together?
Some good picture books on EPIC!
