chapter book

American  

[chap-ter book] / ˈtʃæp tər ˌbʊk /

noun

• chapter books
  plural

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?

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chapter books
  plural

Etymology

Origin of chapter book

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

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chapter book

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

From Salon ● May 18, 2024

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.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022

In this funny graphic chapter book, three classroom pets — a hamster, a rabbit and a guinea pig — team up to save the school’s art show from a band of scheming mice.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2018

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