Pacing is the glue that holds chapter books together. You only have ~2000-10,000 words to get the job done, so you’d better move fast. Knowing when and how to move on is key. Let’s talk about how to get that done. Actually, let’s just look at a bunch of examples of how other writers get […]
Okay, now let’s talk about Australian chapter books. The earliest of chapter books. Age 4-7 early. Not an early reader, I can assure you. We don’t talk about those here. Just to give you an idea of how good I think Lily the Elf is, I rated two of these books 5-stars on Goodreads. Out […]
Finally, I get to talk about Australian chapter books! Kind of. If you thought chapter books were big in the UK, sit back. Yeah yeah, Bluey has chapter books. No way, I’m not talking about Billie B Brown right now. Either of them. I didn’t finish Lily the Elf in time to write about her […]
There are a lot of chapter book series about fairies. It’s not all rainbows and magic. Only two are about Tinker Bell even. Stella and the Night Sprites is not your average fairy series. Which is good. Stella Sees Fairies With Magic Glasses Stella being the main character. In most fairy series, the main character […]
So Ivy+Bean is officially over. Twelve books, fifteen years, and a lifetime to reprints to come. Don’t believe that last part? Go read it. Like, right now. This is one of those “forever” series like Junie or Captain Underpants. And it only has twelve books! Premise Meet Ivy and Bean, two friends who never meant […]
How did I not find out about this until a year after book one? Is that the author and illustrator of Ivy+Bean? This is big. This is a cold, calculated series designed to wear away at your funny bone and wallet. Welcome to Stella & Marigold. Premise Stella and Marigold live in a half-house (on […]
So I wasn’t planning on making another new article type this year, but then I realized: there’s actually a decent amount of movie adaptations of chapter books. And TV shows. Even stage plays. That’s at least one Watch List article a year. So let’s talk about this movie. Actually, let’s talk about the chapter books […]
So I’ve talked about Sophie before, but there’s been a couple books since then. This being the second one. And it’s really good. Let’s Be Real… Every Sophie book is good, but this one might be one of the best. It’s a pretty good example of not just a Sophie book, but chapter books in […]
So I guess chapter books are the prime age group for activity books as well, because there sure are a lot of them. An article-load amount of them. Let’s look at as many as we can, shall we? The Books (For all these activities shown, you can right-click on them and open in a new […]
Yep, I finally got there. It’s Rainbow Magic time. So Rainbow Magic is a Heckelbeck-level lengthy chapter book series that I’ve been avoiding for a while. But sometimes you find a near-mint collection at Goodwill last week and fate has other plans. You’ve probably heard of Rainbow Magic. There’s over 300 books at this point, […]
The Mousehold 