High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A picture book 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. From the mid-1960s several children`s literature awards include a category for picture books.