"Picture book", also called picture book, is a kind of illustrated book, with special emphasis on telling stories with pictures. Picture books were born in Europe in the17th century. In 1930s, the mainstream of picture books spread to America, and picture books ushered in a golden age. In 1950s and 1960s, South Korea and Japan began to develop picture books, and in 1970s, Taiwan Province Province also began to read picture books, which subsequently triggered a picture book reading craze. In the 2 1 century, picture book reading has become a fashion for children all over the world. Internationally recognized: "Picture books are the most suitable books for children to read".

"Reading English picture books" refers to the selection and classification of English picture books and online materials that teachers can find according to students' actual English reading level. Combining with the teaching design of each class, students can read those original English picture books through the organic integration of teaching materials and picture books to improve their English reading interest and reading ability. Through teachers' effective guidance to students' English picture books in class, students' ability and habit of reading English picture books after class can be cultivated, so that picture books can be read from class to class, from school to family and even spread to the whole society.