WA picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The images in picture books can be produced in a range of media, such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor, and pencil.
WA wimmelbilderbuch, wimmelbook, or hidden picture book is a type of large-format, wordless picture book. It is characterized by full-spread drawings depicting scenes richly detailed with humans, animals, and objects. Typically made for children, the drawings are filled with characters and items that may be discovered.
WAda Twist, Scientist is a children's picture book written by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts. The story was well received and praised for encouraging children, especially girls, to develop an interest in STEM. The book also received a television series adaptation in 2021.
WThe Anti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series are Argentine biography picture books written by Nadia Fink and illustrated by Pitu Saá. First published in 2015, the series cover the lives of South and Central American artists and leaders like Frida Kahlo, Violeta Parra, and Julio Cortázar. Fink sought to create works for children that addressed and subverted gender stereotypes, in opposition to narratives presented in traditional fairytales. The works are published in Spanish by Chirimbote, an independent publisher founded by Fink, Saá, and Martín Azcurra.
WThe Arzhang, also known as the Book of Pictures, was one of the holy books of Manichaeism. It was written and illustrated by its prophet, Mani, in Syriac, with later reproductions written in Sogdian. It was unique as a sacred text in that it contained numerous pictures designed to portray Manichaean cosmogony, which were regarded as integral to the text.
WBakor Patel is children's literature character created by Hariprasad Vyas for talking animal stories published by Gandiv, a children's biweekly in Gujarati language published by Gandiv Sahitya Mandir, Surat, Gujarat, India. The humorous stories about Bakor Patel written by Vyas which first appeared in 1936 and continued till 1955. The stories include other anthropomorphic characters including his wife, Shakri Patlani. The stories were accompanied with an illustration and title printed in typical typography which were drawn by two Surat based artist brothers, Tansukh and Mansukh. The character became the icon of Gujarati children's literature and was adapted into a children's play.
WBeautiful Solitude is a picture book, authored and illustrated by Jimmy Liao, completed in 2003.
WBirdsong is a 2019 children's picture book written and illustrated by Julie Flett. The book follows the story of a young indigenous girl named Katherena, who moves to a countryside home with her mother. Lonely in her new home at first, Katherena develops a friendship with her elderly neighbor, Agnes. The book explores the intergenerational relationship between them. The pages were illustrated with pastel and pencil colours.
WThe Fate of Fausto: A Painted Fable is a 2019 children's picture book written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. Inspired by the German legend of Faust, the book follows the arrogant titular character Fausto, who wants to own every natural worldly possession. It addresses themes of greed, colonialism, power, and environmentalism.
WDer Giftpilz is a children's book published by Julius Streicher in Nazi Germany in 1938. The title is German for "the poisonous mushroom/toadstool". The book was intended as antisemitic propaganda. The text is by Ernst Hiemer, with illustrations by Philipp Rupprecht ; the title alludes to how, just as it is difficult to tell a poisonous mushroom from an edible mushroom, it is difficult to tell a Jew apart from a Gentile. The book attempts to "warn" German children about the dangers allegedly posed by Jews to them personally, and to German society in general.
WGood Night Commander! is a picture book written by Ahmad Akbarpour in Persian in 2003 and illustrated by Narges Mohammadi. The book is mainly about the Iran-Iraq war. The book focuses on the experiences of a young boy who calls himself the Commander and has lost one of his legs and his mother during the war.
WHairy Maclary and Friends is a series of children's picture books created by New Zealand author and illustrator Dame Lynley Dodd. The popular series has sold over five million copies worldwide. The character Hairy Maclary made his first appearance in 1983 in the book titled Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. He is the protagonist in twelve books in the series, and there are a further nine books about his friends.
WHairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy first published in 1983, is the first and most well-known of a series of books by New Zealand author Lynley Dodd featuring Hairy Maclary. His adventures are usually in the company of his other animal friends who include the dachshund Schnitzel von Krumm. His arch-enemy is the tomcat Scarface Claw.
WHistorien om någon is a Swedish children's story written by Åke Löfgren and illustrated by Egon Møller-Nielsen. It was originally published by Folket i Bild in 1951, and has since been re-released by Rabén & Sjögren; a tactile edition for readers with impaired vision has also been produced by the Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille, with tactile illustrations by Eva P. Eriksson and Marguerite Ahlbom.
WA Lion in the Meadow is the first children's book written by the New Zealand author Margaret Mahy. The book was first published in 1969 and won the 1975 Esther Glen Award. It was also one of the books chosen to accompany Mahy's 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award nomination. The book was reissued in 1989 with a kinder ending.
WThe Little Black Fish is a well known Persian language children's book written by Samad Behrangi. The book was widely considered to be a political allegory, and was banned in pre-revolutionary Iran. Other than its notable story, the original illustrations of the book by Farshid Mesghali received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1974 for his "lasting contributions" as a children's illustrator. Various translations of the book have been published in multiple countries. The most recent translation of the book in English was published in 2015 with its original illustrations.
WThe Lost Princess is a children's picture book by Celeste and Carmel Buckingham, published on October 1, 2007 on Divis-Slovakia. Accompanied with illustrations by Georgina Soar, the work credited to the both artists has been released as their official debut. The fairy tale includes such literary genres as fantasy, adventure novels and mystery fiction. The main story itself revolves around friendship, love and family determination. As such, the work is notable due to its resemblance with a novel of the similar title, The Lost Princess of Oz (1917), written by the American author L. Frank Baum for the Oz series.
WMalala's Magic Pencil is a 2017 picture book authored by Malala Yousafzai and illustrated by Kerascoët. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in the U.S., and Puffin Books in the U.K., with Farrin Jacobs as editor. It shows Yousafzai growing up in Swat, Pakistan, and wishing for a magic pencil to solve her problems; she learns that she is able to make change, such as advancing rights to female education, without one. The book has received very positive reviews, praising both Yousafzai's writing and Kerascoët's illustrations. The book appears on several lists of best children's books of 2017.
WMaya the Bee is the main character in The Adventures of Maya the Bee, a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first American edition was published in 1922 by Thomas Seltzer. The latter's wife Adele Szold-Seltzer (1876-1940), the daughter of Benjamin Szold and younger sister of Henrietta Szold, was the translator.
WMiya Fuski is a fictional character created by Jivram Joshi for children's literature in Gujarati language. He is mostly accompanied by his friend, Tabha Bhatt. Both characters were inspired by the people of Kashi during Joshi's stay there. Joshi wrote more than thirty stories on the characters. They became popular and were later adapted into plays, TV series and a film.
WMophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference is a memoir in graphic novel form, written and illustrated by the poet and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh. It is published by Auckland University Press. On 12 November 2020 Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem was published.
WMy Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes is a very popular New Zealand children’s book, which has also attained popularity in the United Kingdom and Canada. It was written by Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd, cousins-in-law. The book was first published in 1974 and won the 1975 Esther Glen Award.
WNo, David! is a 1998 children's book written and illustrated by David Shannon and published by Scholastic Inc. It was named a Caldecott Honor Book, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon title, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and was on the New York Times Best Illustrated Book list.
WNorthwest Passage is a book based upon the famous Canadian song Northwest Passage. The song is a story of a man's travel through the arctic of Canada while following famed explorers like Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, John Franklin, and Henry Kelsey. The book is written and narrated by Matthew James, who is a Canadian musician, illustrator, and author and has been nominated for, and won, the Governor General's Award for children's literature. The book is full of unique illustrations, also done by Matt James, showing the story as it is mentioned in the song. It also includes a timeline of Canadian exploration, miniature biographies on explorers of the Northwest Passage, and portraits of major explorers.
WOn My Walk is a young children's book by Kari-Lynn Winters and Christina Leist. It was published in 2009 by Tradewind Books.
WThe Paper Bag Princess is a children's book written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko. It was first published in 1980 by Annick Press, and launched Munsch's career. The story reverses the princess and dragon stereotype. As a result, it has won critical acclaim from feminists, including an endorsement from the National Organization for Women, which sells the book on its website. Since it was first published in 1980 it has sold more than seven million copies worldwide.
WThe Princess and the Pony is a 2015 children's picture book illustrated by Kate Beaton. She won the Children's Book Award in 2016 for the Princess and the Pony. She said that the book was inspired by her nephew. It is her first book written for children.
WThe Rainbow Fish is a children's picture book drawn and written by Swiss author and illustrator, Marcus Pfister, and translated into English by J. Alison James. The book is best known for its message about selfishness and sharing and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish. Decode Entertainment turned the story into an animated television series of the same name, which aired on the HBO Family television channel in the United States and Teletoon in Canada from 1999 until 2000.
WScaredy Squirrel is a children's book series written and illustrated by French-Canadian author Mélanie Watt. The books have won several awards. The first book of the Scaredy Squirrel series was published in March 2006 by Kids Can Press. A television series based on the books began in 2011.
WShrek! is a humorous fantasy picture book published in 1990 by American book writer and cartoonist William Steig, about a repugnant green monster who leaves home to see the world and ends up marrying an ugly princess. The book was generally well-received upon publication, with critics praising the illustrations, originality, and writing. Critics have also described Shrek as an antihero and noted the book's themes of satisfaction and self-esteem. The book served as the basis for the first Shrek movie (2001) and the popular Shrek film series starring Mike Myers over a decade after its publication.
WSound of Colors is a 2001 Taiwanese children's picture book written and illustrated by Jimmy Liao. The Chinese title means "subway", and the book follows a blind girl's imaginations as she rides the city's rapid transit. The book was translated to English by Sarah L. Thomson and published in 2006 as The Sound of Colors.
WThe Stamp Collector is a children's picture book by Jennifer Lanthier and François Thisdale. It was published in 2012 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside. A French language edition, Le Collectionneur de Timbres, was released in October, 2013. The theme of the book is freedom of expression.
WThe Story of Colors is a children's book written by Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. First published in 1996, it generated controversy after the National Endowment for the Arts canceled grant money for an illustrated bilingual edition in both Spanish and English. The Lannan Foundation stepped in with support after the NEA withdrew. The bilingual version was published in 1999, translated by Anne Bar Din with illustrations by Domitilia Dominguez.
WDer Struwwelpeter is an 1845 German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. Der Struwwelpeter is one of the earliest books for children that combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, and is considered a precursor to comic books.
WSylvester and the Magic Pebble is a children's picture book written and illustrated by William Steig, and published in 1969.
WTen Birds is a picture book written and illustrated by Cybèle Young and published in 2011. The children's fable is about ten birds trying to find a way to cross the river. Using numbers and clever ways of thinking, the birds cross the river one at a time. The story is aimed towards children in grades 1-3 to teach them valuable skills, from counting to the importance of critical thinking.Cybèle's book received the 2011 Governor General's Awards. Illustrations in the book were drawn with pen and ink, making the pictures very intricate as well as black and white.
WThe Thama Stories are a series of short stories for children about the adventures of a baby elephant and his mother. The books are written by Indian author Kamala Laxman in the 1970s and 1980s. The stories are about the adventurous and carefree elephant. Characters in the books include a wise bird named Gumchikki, a python Hebavoo, Anilu a squirrel, Mangu a monkey, Pasha a tiger, and a human boy. The illustrations are by the author's husband and famous cartoonist R.K. Laxman.
WThree Little Dreams is a wordless picture book illustrated by Thomas Aquinas Maguire, published on July 25, 2010 by Simply Read Books in Vancouver, British Columbia.
WTimeline: A Visual History of Our World is a children's picture book by Belgian author Peter Goes that was published by Gecko Press in 2015. It illustrates the timeline of the world's events from the prehistoric eras to the present, spanning the Big Bang theory, Medieval Europe, civilizations, and the 2010s.
WThe Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing is a children's picture book written by Maxine Trottier and illustrated by Al Van Mil, published in 1995 by Stoddart Publishing of Toronto. It tells the story of a boy's love for flying kites and an old man's love for poetry. The book has been reissued.
WWhat A Place! is a bilingual children's picture book written by Lana Sultan and illustrated by Xu Wendi written in both English and Mandarin. It was published on April 1, 2016 in Beijing, China by Daylight Publishing House (天天出版社). What A Place! is Lana's fifth book.
WWhy Kings and Queens Don't Wear Crowns is a fairytale written by Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and released as a children's book in the US in 2005. The original version was released as a picture book in Norway in 2004.
WZen Shorts is a 2005 children's picture book by Jon J. Muth. The book was followed by Zen Ties in 2008.