Picture+Books

﻿Picture Books...

Picture books are defined as a book that combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now were [|Heinrich Hoffmann]'s //[|Struwwelpeter]// from 1845 and [|Beatrix Potter]'s //[|The Tale of Peter Rabbit]// from 1902. Some of the best-known picture books are [|Robert McCloskey]'s //[|Make Way for Ducklings]//, [|Dr. Seuss]' //[|The Cat In The Hat]//, and [|Maurice Sendak]'s //[|Where the Wild Things Are]//. The [|Caldecott Medal] (established 1938) and [|Kate Greenaway Medal] (established 1955) are awarded annually for illustrations in children's literature.