Parts of a Book
Types of books
The making of a book
Favorite Authors
Surprise, Surprise!
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I am the part of the book that protects the pages, makes the book stronger, and I contain the title, author, illustrator, and a picture.
What is the cover?
100
I am a book that is NOT true.
What is fiction?
100
When an author decides to write a book, they first need an...
What is an idea?
100
I am the author of the Magic Tree House Series...
Who is Mary Pope Osborne?
100
A book that has gotten wet must be...
What is thrown away?
200
I am the part of the book that holds all of the pages together - I can be glued or sewn.
What is the spine?
200
I am a book that is made up of facts, facts, facts - ALL TRUE!
What is nonfiction?
200
Authors must do _________. Sometimes this takes hours, but it can take days, weeks, or even months.
What is research?
200
I was an author, illustrator, and I made up words, so that books can have rhythm and rhyme.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
200
Fiction books are arranged on the shelf by the author's ______ ______.
What is last name?
300
I am the page in the book that lists the title, author, illustrator, and publisher.
What is the title page?
300
The author chose to use the same characters in many different books. This makes it a book _______.
What is series?
300
What are galley sheets?
What is long sheets that the publisher sends to an author after their book has been typed and ready to be published.
300
I am someone who loves to write about sports. Over 100 books have been published by me that are about football, basketball, tennis, hockey, track, softball, baseball...
Who is Matt Christopher?
300
The main problem in a story is called the...
What is plot?
400
I am the book's address. You can find me on the spine of a library book: I could be numbers, letters, or both.
What is the call number?
400
A book about someone's life is called:
What is a biography or autobiography?
400
The company that turns the author's words and the illustrator's pictures into a book is called...
What is the publisher?
400
I am the author of scary series such as Fear Street and Goosebumps...
Who is R. L. Stine?
400
Melvin Dewey created a way of organizing nonfiction books using numbers; this is called:
What is The Dewey Decimal System?
500
I am the "book's" birthday...
What is copyright?
500
A book that sounds true, but really isn't can be called:
What is realistic fiction?
500
The last thing that the author has to do before the book hits the presses, is make a...
What is a "dummy" book?
500
My name is Erin Hunter...well, actually, that is my pen name. I have written a very popular series about a cat clan. What is my series called?
What is Warriors?
500
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, and oversized books are examples of:
What are reference books?
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