<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">We call them Early Chapter Books.  </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:59 AM Michael Stohrer via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello!<div><br></div><div>I have a terminology question I'm sure someone here can answer: I work in the youth department of my library, and we have many patrons who ask for books that are on "the easy side of chapter books." To meet this need, we'd like to highlight books for readers who are transitioning from the levelled readers section to the general J FIC books. These books would be identified with a sticker on the spine. </div><div><br></div><div>The characteristics of these books may include...</div><div><span id="gmail-m_8759887322206621056gmail-docs-internal-guid-7c265515-7fff-31a1-ceef-3607c38548d3"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">frequent illustrations</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">between 75 and 135 pages</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">larger-than-usual typeface </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">accessible subject-matter</span></p></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Examples include...</span></font></div><div><span id="gmail-m_8759887322206621056gmail-docs-internal-guid-3943fcbf-7fff-00c0-d610-8da0d30e6229"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Adventures of Caveboy - </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Eric Wright </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Chicken Squad - </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Doreen Cronin and Kevin Cornell </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Princess Pistachio </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Marie-Louise Gay </span><br></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mokie & Bik</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Wendy Orr and Jonathan Bean </span><br></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dragon Masters </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">series - Tracey West and Damien Jones </span><br></p></li></ul><br></span></div><div><span>We can't seem to pin down an ideal term for this category, and we would appreciate any suggestions! </span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div></span></div><div>Thank you! </div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Michael Stohrer</b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Library Associate</p><p class="MsoNormal">--------------------------------------------<b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Brandon Township Public Library</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">304 South Street</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Ortonville, MI 48462</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>ENGAGE </i></b><b><i>•</i></b><b><i> EDUCATE </i></b><b><i>•</i></b><b><i> ENRICH </i></b><b><i>•</i></b><b><i> EMPOWER</i></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><b><br></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><b><br></b></span></span></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#351c75"><b style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:9pt">Currently Reading</b><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt">: <i>Save It for </i></span><span style="font-size:12px"><i>Later</i></span><span style="font-size:9pt"><i>:</i> </span></font><i>Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest </i> -  Nate Powell</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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