Characters from Picture Books
This character wears a red and white striped shirt and glasses. It is sometimes hard to find him!
Who is Waldo (from Where is Waldo)?
A monkey who lives with a man in a yellow hat.
Who is Curious George?
This middle-school boy keeps a diary where he complains about school, family, and his friends.
Who is Greg Heffley?
This is the person who writes the book.
Who is the author?
You can find the definition of a word in a nonfiction book here.
What is the Glossary?
This character wears a red and white striped hat and makes trouble for two children.
Who is The Cat in the Hat?
Don't let him drive the bus.
Who is Pigeon?
This character lives with her parents Robert and Susan, and her baby brother Ollie.
Who is Junie B. Jones?
This is the person that draws the pictures in the book?
Who is the illustrator?
The chapters in the book are listed here.
What is the Table of Contents?
This character is an aardvark and has a sister named D. W.
Who is Arthur?
This character travels to a far off land and becomes king of all the wild things and leads the wild rumpus.
Who is Max?
This character loves to eat lasagna and sleep. His best friend is Odie.
Who is Garfield.
What is the name of the book called?
What is the title?
These books are about a person's life?
What is a biography?
The maid who takes directions very literally.
Who is Amelia Bedelia?
This is a little fish with a sad face
Who is the Pout Pout Fish?
This character attends the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and has a toad named Trevor.
Who is Neville Longbottom?
This is the page that gives the title and copyright information about the book.
What is the title page?
An alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., that lists pages where these can be found. This is typically found at the end of a book
What is an index?
Two friends one pink and short, the other gray with glasses, discuss trips, bad weather, and if they should share ice cream.
Who are Elephant and Piggie?
This cat is very relaxed about his buttons popping off and his shoes turning different colors.
Who is Pete the Cat?
This boy finds out that he is actually the son of Poseidon.
Who is Percy Jackson?
This is where the librarian puts the call number.
What is the spine? What is the spine label?
In a nonfiction book, this usually is next to or below a picture or illustration and explains what it is.
What is a caption?