Book Basics
What do you call the person who creates the pictures in a book?
Illustrator
What mischievous children's book character wears a tall red-and-white striped hat and causes chaos while two children are home alone?
The Cat in the Hat
Before books and written language, what tradition was used to pass stories from generation to generation?
Oral tradition / oral storytelling
What nickname that for people that love to read originally referred to insects that damaged books?
Book worm
The Little Prince was originally written in which language?
A. English
B. French
C. Spanish
D. Italian
French
What literary term describes a hint or clue about something that will happen later in a story?
foreshadowing
In Charlotte's Web, what kind of animal is Wilbur?
a pig
What invention in the 1400s made it possible to produce books much faster and in greater numbers?
printing press
What is the best selling book series of all time?
Harry Potter
Don Quixote, one of the most famous novels in history, was originally written in which language?
Spanish
What do you call the central character in a story, around whom most of the action revolves?
Protagonist
Katniss Everdeen comes from which district in The Hunger Games?
District 12
Before the printing press, how were books made, which is also why they were more rare and expensive than they are today?
they were copied by hand
Before becoming the author of Percy Jackson, what job did Rick Riordan have?
A. Librarian
B. Middle school teacher
C. Journalist
D. Museum guide
Middle School Teacher
Which country is author Roald Dahl from?
A. United States
B. United Kingdom
C. Australia
D. Canada
UK
What is the short description of a book usually found on its back cover or inside flap called?
blurb
What series features a demigod whose father is Poseidon?
Percy Jackson
About how many books does the average American adult read in a year?
A. 3
B. 7
C. 14
D. 30
14
Which of these books was written by an author who was a teenager when she began writing it?
A. Wonder B. Holes C. The Outsiders D. Hunger Games
The Outsiders
Which of these countries consistently has one of the highest adult literacy rates in the world?
A. Finland
B. Brazil
C.United States
D.France
Finland
hat is the name for a fictional name an author uses instead of their real name?
Pseudonym / pen name
What famous detective lives at 221B Baker Street?
Sherlock Holmes
About what percentage of American adults said they read no books at all in the past year?
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 25%
D. 50%
25%
Which of these unusual things has actually been used to make a book?
A. Spider Webs B. Human Skin C. Seashells D. Vegetable Peels
Human skin-a small number of historical books were bound in human skin, a practice known as anthropodermic bibliopegy.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Where was Tolkien born?
A. England
B. Ireland
C. South Africa
D. New Zealand
South Africa