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A chapter book is a story book intended for intermediate readers, generally age 7-10. Unlike picture books for younger readers, a chapter book tells the story primarily through prose, rather than pictures. Unlike books for older readers, chapter books contain plentiful illustrations. The name refers to the fact that the stories are usually divided into short chapters, which provide children with opportunities to stop and resume reading if their attention spans are not long enough to finish the book in one sitting. Chapter books are usually works of fiction of moderate length and complexity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_book

Timeless Chapter Books  http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=7935 

1. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
2. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
3. The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
4. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
5. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
6. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
7. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
8. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
9. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
10. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
11. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
12. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
13. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
14. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
15. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
16. The Littles by John Peterson
17. Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers [don’t have ]
18. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
19. Nancy Drew Mysteries by Carolyn Keene [don’t have ]
20. Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
21. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
22. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
23. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry  by Mildred D. Taylor
24. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
25. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
26. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Chapter Books with Suggested Reading Levels

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (HarperCollins). Grades 3–6
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (HarperCollins). Grades 4–7
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic). Grades 2 and up
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins). Grades 3–6
• Holes by Louis Sachar (FSG). Grades 4–8
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (Random House). Grades 4–8
• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick). Grades 3–6
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (Penguin). Grades 3–7
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (FSG). Grades 3–7
• Frindle by Andrew Clements (Simon & Schuster). Grades 4–6
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Random House). Grades 3–6
• Junie B., First Grader (At Last!) by Barbara Park (Random House). Grades 1–3  [Don’t have]
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Random House). Grades 3–7
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (FSG). Grades 4–8
• Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (Random House). Grades 2–6
• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (HarperCollins). Grades 2–5
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (HarperCollins). Grades 2–6
• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (Simon & Schuster). Grades 3–6
• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Little, Brown). Grades 2–6
• The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett. Grades 2–6
• Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins). Grades 2–6
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Penguin). Grades 4–8 [don't have]
• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.Grades 2–6
• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (Scholastic). Grades 6–9
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (HarperCollins). Grades 3–7