Parts of a Book

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Parts of a Book

• Lilburn Elementary

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• Most books have at least five of these parts.
  

• Spine
• Cover
• Author
• Illustrator
• Title

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Index
• Glossary
• Bibliography

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The Spine

• The spine of a book is the part that you see when
  the book is on the shelf. The call numbers are
  on the spine.
• The spine of a book helps hold your book together
  and keep it strong just like the spine in your
  body does!

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These spines give strength.
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The Cover

• The cover is the outside of a book. There is
  usually a front cover, a back cover, and the part
  in between them called the spine.
• The cover of a book will include the title of the
  book.

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The Author

• The author is the person who wrote the book.
• This information will be on the title page and
  usually on the cover.

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The Illustrator

• The illustrator is the person who draws the
  pictures in the book or on the cover.

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Title or Title Page

• The title of the book is usually on the cover.
• You can also see the title on the title page of
  the book, usually right inside the cover.

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Table of Contents
The table of contents will list the chapters or
sections and tell you what on page they start.
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The Index
The index of a book will list all of the major
topics in alphabetical order and tell you on
what pages the information starts and stops.
This will help you to quickly decide if a book
has enough information about your topic so you
dont have to read the entire book to find one
special topic.
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The Glossary

• The glossary is a little dictionary in the back
  of the book that defines words you might not
  understand.

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Bibliography

• The bibliography of a book lists all of the
  people who wrote books or articles that gave the
  author ideas and help when he wrote his book.
• It is a fair way to give credit to others who did
  work before the author.

• example
• Ricciuti, Edward R. What on Earth is a Capybara?
  Woodbridge, CT Blackbirch, 1995.