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?
The edge of the book that is held together with stitches or glue.
What is the spine?
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?
The Caldecott Medal is given to honor this person involved in creating a book.
What is the illustrator?
"In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf."
What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
Found near the front of the book and has the name of the book and author/illustrator.
What is the title page?
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?
"Our story begins on the ocean, with wind and rain and thunder and lightning and waves."
What is The Wild Robot?
The list of chapters and page numbers in the front of the book.
What is a table of contents?
A word which imitates a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
This type of book has recipes.
What is a cookbook?
A series of letters and numbers which indicates where a book should be shelved in the library.
What is a call number?
"Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood."
What is The Lightning Thief?
Found in the back of a book. Gives definitions of words in the book.
What is a glossary?
Compare two things without using the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
Story told with pictures and speech bubbles all in boxes.
What is a graphic novel?
Ways you can read books when school is out for the summer.
What is visit the public library, borrow ebooks through Sora or the library? Also, join the Summer Reading Program or Summer Adventure program at the library.
"Where's Papa going with that ax?"
What is Charlotte's Web?
The page of the book, usually found at the back, lists resources used when writing the book.
What is a bibliography?
A common phrase that means something other than its literal wording.
What is an idiom?
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?