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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
My understanding of the the term chapter book is that it is used to differentiate books from children’s picture books used before a child can read well enough to read on their own.
That is how it is used in the US, and a term you often hear used by Home Schooler’s and Home School co-op groups.
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The term is also widely used in the UK, New Zealand and Australia as far as my experience is concerned. That, in the manner you have described, as a book for young readers transitioning between picture books and (normally) fiction. I cannot comment on Canada, it being another English speaking country spun out of the English tradition, as I have never been to it (just over it many times, which doesn't count
unless we crashed
).