Famous First Lines
"First of all, let me get something straight...this is a JOURNAL, not a diary."
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
Compare two things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This book will give you the correct spelling of words and their definition.
What is the dictionary?
"In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf."
What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
Many words in a row begin with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
This is a true book written about a real person.
What is a biography?
The book award that only students can vote for in California.
What is the California Young Reader Medal?
"Where's Papa going with that ax?"
What is Charlotte's Web?
A word sounds like what it does.
What is onomatopoeia?
Find recipes in this type of book.
What is a cookbook?
Mrs. Silver's dog's name.
What is Maisie?
"Our Story begins on the ocean with wind and rain and thunder and lightning and waves."
What is Wild Robot?
Compare two things without using the words "like" or "as."
What is the 200's?
Story told in pictures often in boxes with speech bubbles.
What is a graphic novel?
A way you can read books when school is out for the summer.
What is visit the public library, borrow ebooks through Sora or the library?
"If you are interested in stories with HAPPY ENDINGS you would be better off reading some other book."
What is A Series of Unfortunate Events?
The page of the book, usually found at the back, lists resources used when writing the book.
What is a bibliography?
An inanimate object or animal gets human qualities.
What is anthropomorphizing or personification?
This category of book includes a made-up story.
What is fiction?
This author is very concerned about a pigeon doing and not doing things.
Who is Mo Willems?