chapter book

[chap-ter book]

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?

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapter book¹

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.

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But I think of the Trumpocene not as a single chapter book but a series, and what the sequel mightbe worries me a lot more than the conclusion of this one.

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“I describe it sort of like a chapter book. The pink and yellow notices were sort of the prologue, and now we’re in Chapter 1 and people are transitioning,” he said.

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Neither she nor Sofia’s dad are big readers, Herrera said, and she’d never seen her youngest tackle a chapter book as large as “Charlotte’s Web,” the book Sofia insisted her mother buy that day.

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At the same time, she will launch and provide introductions for a nonfiction chapter book series for kids ages 6-9, “Save The …”, about animal conservation.

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