Meaning & use
chapter book
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Meaning
nouncountable
A book for young readers that is split into chapters and has a longer story and fewer pictures than a picture book.
Grammar: Countable: a chapter book, many chapter books.
Patterns
- a chapter book about something
My daughter just finished her first chapter book.
The library has a shelf of chapter books for second graders.
He moved from picture books to chapter books at age seven.
Word forms
| plural | chapter books |
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Common combinations
- read a chapter book
- She likes to read a chapter book before bed.
- early chapter book
- The series is an early chapter book with short chapters.
- beginner chapter book
- Beginner chapter books use large print.
- chapter book series
- We started a new chapter book series last week.
Synonyms and how they differ
- novel
- A novel is written for adult or older readers and is longer, whereas a chapter book is a stepping stone for children.
- picture book
- A picture book relies on illustrations, so it is the stage before a chapter book.
- storybook
- Storybook is a loose term for any book of stories and does not imply chapters.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: chapter book or chapter?
chapter book vs chapter
A chapter is one section of a book, while a chapter book is a whole kind of book divided into such sections.
Practice
A seven-year-old who has outgrown picture books might be ready to read a ___.
Choose one answer.
A chapter book is the usual next step after picture books. The other options are not a reading-level stage for children.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “chapter book”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.