chapter book
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chapter book
First recorded in 1985–90
Example Sentences
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I didn't want to write a chapter book because we're in the age of low attention spans.
From Salon • May 18, 2024
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.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2022
For example, when she does a reading worksheet she’ll answer questions using the shortest possible sentences, then read a chapter book until the next lesson starts.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2021
No bonus iPad time if she would please finish one chapter of a single chapter book.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2019
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
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