Picture books are important educational reading materials for children,and the implicit image of the mother's role in picture books may subconsciously constitute children's initial ideology of the mother.To clarify the value positioning and role modeling of the mother's role in current picture books,this study relies on three major mature online book websites in China,including Dangdang.com,Jingdong.com,and Amazon.com.A total of 53 picture books related to the mother were identified as the research objects after two rounds of screening,and using Nvivo 11.0 qualitative analysis software to code all the contents of the picture books at three levels,so as to deeply excavate the implicit image of the mother's role in the picture books,and to carry out layer-by-layer dissection and discussion on the basis of it.Finally,with a view to leading children to establish a correct concept of the mother's role,suggestions on creating picture books,choosing picture books and interpreting picture books were made for picture book creators,teachers,and parents.