Book Delight with Chrissie Wright
Welcome to Book Delight with Chrissie Wright, the podcast where readers can be all kinds of ways and books really are magic.
This show is hosted by Chrissie Wright, an elementary teacher-librarian in the pacific northwest. On the show, Chrissie connects you and the kids in your life to fantastic kidlit. If the idea of blowing up your kidlit TBR appeals to you, you're in the right place.
Episode formats include booklists, topical deep dives, Dear Abby-style "My Kid Needs a Book" episodes, and reading raves (recap-style episodes sharing Chrissie's favorite reads from the month.)
Book Delight with Chrissie Wright
Ep 13 - Deep Dive - Chapter Books
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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