The Parts of a Book Spine Cover Author Illustrator Title Table of Contents Index Glossary 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
5 Parts of a Book Cover Spine Title Author Illustrator Title Author 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Spine of Book Part you see when book on shelf Holds book together Keeps it strong Think of spine in body 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Questions #1 What part of a book do you see when the book is on the shelf and other books are along side it? 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Answer #1 Correct, Excellent! Spine 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
The Cover of a Book Outside of a book Usually front cover, back cover Part between called spine Front Cover pages Spine Back 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Some Popular Covers 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Click on your choice to answer Question #2 Which is true about the cover of a book? Cover is inside Cover is outside Cover is in middle Cover is wrapping on book at store 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com Click on your choice to answer
The cover is the outside Answer #2 The cover is the outside Good job! 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
The Author Writes words of story Sometimes author draws pictures too Then is author and illustrator Author always writes the words 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Authors Write Words Marc Brown author of Arthur and the Lost Diary Wrote the words 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Click on your choice to answer Question #3 What does the author do? Reads story Draws signs on billboards Writes words of story Draws pictures, but doesn’t write any words 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com Click on your choice to answer
Answer #3 Writes the words of the story Great Job - Awesome! 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
The Illustrator The illustrator is the person that: Draws pictures in book Sometimes pictures on every page Tell part of story 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Won Caldecott award for drawings! Illustrator Draws This book is illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi Won Caldecott award for drawings! 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Question #4 The illustrator is the person that: Buys book Mails book to people Writes story Draws pictures in story 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Answer #4 The illustrator draws the pictures in the story Way to go! 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
The Title Usually on front cover and spine of book Also on page called Title Page, right before beginning of story Authors usually chooses title, since they write the words 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
The Spider and the Fly (this is a picture of the front cover) 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Question #5 What is a title? Name of the story Name of person who wrote story Name of person who drew pictures Wrapping at the store 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Answer #5 The title is the name of the story Wonderful You’ve Got It! 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Other Pages of a Book Table of Contents, at beginning Lists the names and start pages of the chapters Index, at back Alphabetical list of topics in book and the pages you can find them Glossary at back Tells what words in the book mean (mini-dictionary) 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Beginning Page Numbers Table of Contents Beginning Page Numbers Chapter Names 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Index Tells what pages each topic or subject is on At back of book 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Glossary Defines words in book Like a dictionary, lists words Alphabetical order 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Congratulations! You have learned the parts of a book! Cover Spine Author Illustrator Title Table of Contents Index Glossary 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com
Keep Up the Good Work! Now you know all about books You enjoy books You want to read 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.com