In this bite-size Deep Dive episode, Chrissie answers the question: what is a chapter book?

In this episode, she defines chapter books as books that are:

• highly illustrated
• one big story told across several chapters
• ranging in word count from 2,000 to 10,000 words
• 150 pages or fewer
• written with readers ages 4-9 in mind

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Word Count Dracula blog post by Jennifer Laughran
• Literaticast podcast with Jennifer Laughran
• AR Book Finder for looking up word count of published kidlit

Books mentioned in this episode:

• MERCY WATSON TO THE RESCUE by Kate DiCamillo
• THE PRINCESS IN BLACK by Shannon Hale
• THE FABLED STABLES: WILLA THE WISP by Jonathan Auxier
• STARLA JEAN by Elana K. Arnold
• THE SKULL by Jon Klassen

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