Parts of a Book 1
The person who writes the story.
What is the author.
This is the page at the front of a book that shows the title, author, illustrator and publisher.
What is a title page
Another word for pictures
Illustrations
This is the backbone of a book.
What is the spine.
The pictures drawn by the Illustrator.
What are Illustrations.
On the cover of the book you will find the author and at least one other item
What is the book title
This is on the back cover and has a number with stripes which identifies this book in our library computer
What is the barcode
The person that draws the pictures in a book.
What is an illustrator.
The call number of a fiction book has two lines to the call number. The second line has three letters which contain
What are the first three letters of the author's last name
A book that is mostly pictures with only a few words or sentences is called
What is a picture book
This is attached to the book spine and is where you will find the barcode.
What is the back cover
This is the company that is responsible for producing the book
What is the publisher
Fiction books can be found by knowing this about the author.
What is author's last name or the first three letter of the last name.
A white sticker on the spine of a book that shows the location of the book is called
What is the call number
A non-fiction book has this as the first line of the call number
What are Dewey decimal numbers.
This holds the book pages together between the front and back cover
What is the spine.
A book that has true facts
What is nonfiction?
A story that has fake or make-believe information.
What is fiction?
The company that makes the book.
What is publisher
A book about a person's life that is written by another person.
What is biography
This is on the outside of the book and contains the title and author of the book.
What is the front cover
The publisher location is listed as this
What is the city of publication
Inside the front of the book is where you find this page listing the title, author and publisher.
What is the title page
On the back of the title page you can find when the book was published. That is called
What is the copyright date
The publisher employs a person to check over the book before it is published. That person is called
What is an editor