storybook

English

Etymology

From story +‎ book.

Noun

storybook (plural storybooks)

1. A book containing stories, especially children's stories.

Derived terms

• storybookish

Translations

a book containing stories, especially children's stories

• Afrikaans: storieboek
• Bulgarian: книга с приказки (kniga s prikazki)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 故事書／故事书 (gùshishū)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: verhalenboek
• Finnish: satukirja (fi)
• German: Geschichtenbuch n
• Hungarian: mesekönyv (hu)
• Manx: lioar skeeal f
• Spanish: libro de cuentos m
• Swedish: sagobok (sv) c

Adjective

storybook (not comparable)

1. As in a story for children; pleasant and idealized, or having a happy conclusion.
   • 2006, Tammy Ash Perkins, The best of Hawaiʻi wedding book: a guide to Maui, Lanaʻi, and Kauaʻi, page 112:

     I remember one couple that truly created their own storybook wedding by selecting a remote waterfall as their wedding location.