Newbery Books
Caldecott Award Winners (Illustrators)
Opening Lines
Parts of a Book
Name The book Character
100

The Voyages of _________ Doolittle by Hugh Lofting (1923)

Who is Doctor?

100

Make Way _____ _______ by Robert McCloskey (1942)

What is For Ducklings?

100

“On Thursday, when Imogene woke up, she found she had grown antlers.”

What is Imogene’s Antlers?

100

This part of a book reveals the title and the author/authors name.

What is a cover?

100

This character teaches that all you need is a purple crayon and your imagination.

Who is Harold? (Harold & the Purple Crayon)

200

The Cat Who Went to ___________ by Elizabeth Coatsworth (1931)

What is Heaven?

200

Why _______ Buzz in People’s Ears illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon

What is Mosquitoes?

200

“Where’s Papa going with that ax?”

What is Charlotte’s Web?

200

This part of a book displays the title, the author’s last name and the shelf ‘code’.

What is a spine?

200

This character went to his room as a boy and became a king.

Who is Max? (Where the Wild Things Are)

300

The ______ ________ Balloons by William Pene du Bois (1948)

What is Twenty-One?

300

Where the _____ _____ _____ by Maurice Sendak

What is Wild Things Are?

300

“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.”

What is Madeline?

300

Some-not all- books contain this feature, separating one part from another part.

What is a chapter?

300

This character was often called “Half-Pint” by her father.

Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder? (The Little House in the Prairie)

400

Island of the _______ _________ by Scott O’Dell (1961)

What is Blue Dolphins?

400

Song of the ________ illustrated by Leo Politi

What is Swallows?

400

“There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.”

What is Holes?

400

This part of a book provides a mini-dictionary of terminology from contents.

What is glossary?

400

This book character was born to human parents but was not human himself. He has many adventures in New York City.

Who is Stuart Little?

500

Roll of Thunder, ______ ______ ______ by Mildred D. Taylor (1977)

What is Hear My Cry?

500

_______ and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Who is Sylvester?

500

“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.”

What is The Cat in the Hat?

500

This book feature is an alphabetical listing of names, locations or possibly pictures contained in a book.

What is an index?

500

This character is an aspiring cartoonist and prankster.

Who is Nate Wright, A.K.A. Big Nate?

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