chapter book

American  

[chap-ter book] / ˈtʃæp tər ˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book divided into chapters, especially a book of fiction, written for children whose reading and comprehension skills have advanced beyond picture books.

   Can you suggest a good chapter book for reading with my seven-year-old at bedtime?

---

Etymology

Origin of chapter book

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

I didn't want to write a chapter book because we're in the age of low attention spans.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

Introducing the new and improved hammer: This week, Amazon released the Kindle Kids Edition, “ideal for both beginner and experienced chapter book readers.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019

Launching this week from Pacific Northwest publisher Hazy Dell Press, the chapter book for ages 8–12 engages hard-to-please tween readers with imaginative adventure, fun illustrations, silly fart references and lots of so-bad-they’re-good puns.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2019

That was how Roald Dahl’s longtime editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Stephen Roxburgh, described an early draft of the cantankerous author’s last long chapter book for children.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013

Mom had written and illustrated the Harriet Honeywell books, a chapter book series, for the past four years.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake