农村小学英语教育一直处于我国素质教育的薄弱环节,师资力量匮乏,配套教学设备不充足,农村小学英语教育对于教师来说是一项巨大的挑战。小学英语教育作为学生英语启蒙的环节,质量的高低将直接影响学生对于英语学习的兴趣。随着国家教育政策的改革发展,小学师资力量在不断的提升,教师教学方法也在不断的创新当中。绘本作为重要的教学方式在小学英语教育当中得到广泛使用,更多的农村教师也开始重视绘本教育。本文将从绘本的基本作用以及农村小学英语教育的现状等方面阐述绘本对于农村英语教学的重要性。 English education in rural primary schools has always been at the weakest link in our country’s quality education. Teachers’ lack of teaching resources and inadequate teaching facilities have made English education in rural primary schools a huge challenge for teachers. Primary English education as a part of students ’English enlightenment, the quality of the level will directly affect students’ interest in English learning. With the reform and development of the national education policy, the teachers ’ability in primary schools is constantly improving, and the teachers’ teaching methods are constantly innovating. As an important teaching method, picture books are widely used in primary school English education. More and more rural teachers also pay attention to the education of picture books. This article will explain the importance of the picture book to rural English teaching from the basic functions of the picture book and the status quo of English education in rural primary schools.