Miscellaneous
This word describes a person who loves books.
Bibliophile/bookworm
“When you play the game of thrones you win or you die.”
George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
This author is famous for Matilda, Charlie, and the Chocolate Factory, and James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dalh
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Science Fiction/Dystopian
A story used to share a moral or explanation for something happening.
Folk Tale, or Fable
Not all books are all words. Books composed of images can be called __________.
Comic books
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
This author is known for writing War and Peace and Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Catcher in the Rye
Young Adult
When a person writes about their own life, it is this kind of nonfiction writing.
Autobiography
One in five adults around the world can't do this.
Read or write
“‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’”
E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web
She is best known for writing To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Classics/Coming of age
This is the page that lists topics and their page numbers.
Index
According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, this book is the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. (Think of a book that almost every family owns)
The Bible
“Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.”
What is Life of Pi by Yann Martel?
These guys are known for writing gruesome fairy tales which Disney has since adapted to provide happily ever afters.
Grimm Brothers
The Iliad by Homer
Mythology/Poem
A removable paper cover, usually illustrated, for protecting the book and usually giving information about the book and the author.
Dust Jacket
Young girls and "wimpy kids" are known to write in these.
A diary
“It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.”
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo?
This person wrote many letters and books while in prison for 27 years (Also was a country leader)
Nelson Mandela
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Gothic Horror
This person invented the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg