Sentence examples for picture letter from inspiring English sources

Emoji began in Japan; the word means, basically, "picture letter" in Japanese.

Emoji means "picture letter" in Japanese and is an image used to convey some kind of message.

In 1901, she privately published a picture letter she had written to a young child, A Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Emoji (the word is an anglicization of Japanese characters that translate literally to "picture letter") takes the idea of the emoticon — the smiley face :), the sad face :(, the winking face ;), the heart <3 — and brings it to its logical conclusion: full color, detail, a world of options.

Truth be told, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is one of my least favorite despite its lovely history: it began as a picture letter to a child, and Potter, having been rejected by every London publisher to whom she sent it, originally self-published it.

Emoji (the word is an anglicization of Japanese characters that translate literally to "picture letter") takes the idea of the emoticon the smiley face :), the sad face :(, the winking face ;), the heart Hannah Goldfield is the food critic for The New Yorker and newyorker.com.

"Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters" is a new exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum and includes 115 objects, including 22 illustrated letters that Potter wrote to children during her lifetime.

But in this 1940 document about the origins of Peter Rabbit — shown in a suggestive, engrossing new exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, "Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters" — she admits to being puzzled: "I never quite understood the secret of Peter's perennial charm".

Through the 1890s, she wrote the children story and picture letters.

This letter will be on view at the Morgan next year, in an introductory section of the exhibit "Beatrix Potter's Picture Letters" (2 November 2012 to 27 January 2013).

Potter biographer Linda Lear, author of Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature observes that Potter had great affection for Peter Rabbit, but the sequels never held quite the same appeal for her because neither sprang to life from story and picture letters to children in the manner of Peter Rabbit.