THE BASICS
A type or category of book
What is Genre?
Where you can find books about animals, space and dinosaurs.
500s
A true book which tells the story of someone's life.
Biography
This woman got her start writing about a young boy who discovers that he comes from a magical family. The boy goes on to wizard school and proceeds to have 7 books full of adventures.
J.K.Rowling
These are words near a picture or photograph that help readers better understand.
What are captions.
A book which is not true. It is made up.
What is Fiction?
Books about history & biographies can be found in this section of nonfiction.
900s
Uses word pictures
Plays with sound of words and rhythms of language
Often rhymes or has a beat
Often meant to be read aloud
Example=Where the Sidewalk Ends
Poetry
Writes about mythology mixing with every day kids. In his first series of books, a boy named Percy discovered that he was half god-half human. This author has gone on to write several other fiction series involving mythology and kids.
Rick Riordan
Similar to a dictionary, this nonfiction text feature helps readers define words from the book. Usually found in the back of the book.
What is the glossary?
A book which is true. It gives true information.
What is Nonfiction?
Cookbooks and books about pets can be found in this Dewey section.
600s.
Short stories (usually with animal characters) which have a moral or lesson.
Example=The Fox and the Grapes
Fable
He wrote the humorous novels that are Greg Heffley's journals.
Jeff Kinney
This helps readers identify key topics in the book in the order that they are presented. Sometimes a list of chapters.
What is the Table of Contents?
True or False.
Libraries allow you to take and return items for free as long as you promise to return them. This is called borrowing.
True
Sports, art and music books can be found in this Dewey section.
700s
Stories involving the gods of a culture which sometimes explain how things came to be in nature
Example=Jason and the Golden Fleece
Mythology
***This person is an author and an illustrator. He writes award winning nonfiction books. Some his books include: Water is water, Hurricane, Grand Canyon, Life After Whale and Your Place in the Universe.
Jason Chin
An alphabetical list of ideas that are in the book. It tells readers what page the idea is on.
Ex. electricity - p.17
What is the index?
***True or False.
A list of sources or materials used in research is called a bibliography.
True
Books about mythology and religion.
200s.
The characters are trying to solve a puzzle that often involves a crime.
Example=The Boxcar Children, Encylopedia Brown Series
Mystery
This author has been writing for many years. It all started with a pigeon who wanted to drive a bus. Elephant and Piggie have added to this author's hilarious collection of picture books.
Who is Mo Willems
These are special headings that help readers know what the next section of text will be about.
What are subtitles or sub headings?