storybook

Everyday

1. A storybook is a book of stories for children, often with pictures. tree →
2. (adjective) Storybook describes something perfect or magical, like in a fairy tale: a storybook ending. tree →

In the lessons

In school and at home a storybook is read at bedtime or in reading time. «A storybook castle» or «a storybook ending» tells the reader that things look or end like a fairy tale, happily and perfectly.

Examples

• Mum read me a storybook before bed. tree →
• The library has a shelf of storybooks for little ones. tree →
• The village looked like a storybook picture. tree →
• Their friendship had a storybook ending. tree →
• I drew my own storybook about a dragon. tree →
• The storybook was full of bright pictures. tree →

Note

Written as one word. Countable: a storybook, storybooks. As an adjective it goes before a noun (a storybook wedding).