1. Meet Rascal the Raccoon
I’m going to help you learn to identify and describe many parts of a book.
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2. What is the cover of a book?
*Hard outer covering of a book
*Protects the pages
*Names title and author of book *Often includes a picture that gives clues to what the book is about

3. What is the spine of the book?
Long, skinny part of the book that holds the pages together
Part of the book that shows when the book is on the library shelf
Shows title and author

4. Where is the call number?
On book spine
Book’s “address,” tells where to find the book on library shelves
Library uses white labels with letters or numbers to tell where the book belongs
Where is the call number?
What is the call number? E
SEU SIL

5. What is the title page? At front of book
Includes the title, author, and publisher
If there is an illustrator, that person’s name is also on the title page

6. Who is the author? Person who writes the book
Author’s name can be found on the cover, title page, and spine

7. Who is the illustrator?
Person who draws the pictures or takes the photographs
Name appears on title page and sometimes on cover
In some nonfiction books with lots of photos, no illustrator is listed because there were so many different people whose pictures appear in the book.

8. What is the publisher? Company that puts the book together
Take the author’s words and the illustrator’s drawings and print it out on pages, add the cover, and distribute the book to be sold
Publisher is listed at the bottom of the title page.

9. What is the copyright date?
Year the book was published
Like the book’s “birthday” because it tells when the book was made
Can be found on the back of the title page. The copyright symbol is the letter c with a circle around it:

10. WHAT IS THE place OF PUBLICATION?
City and state where the book was published
Found at the bottom of the title page
Another place to look is on the BACK of the title page. Look for an address where you could write to the publisher. That includes the city and state.
WHAT IS THE place OF PUBLICATION?

11. What is the table of contents? Lists chapter titles and page numbers
Can help you find specific information in a book
Found at the beginning of the book, after the title page but before the first chapter of the book.

12. What is the glossary? Mini-dictionary found at the back of a book
Defines important words from the book.

13. What is the index? Found at the back of the book
Lists topics and the page numbers where the information can be found

14. Next time you check out a nonfiction book, see if you can identify these book parts:
cover
spine
title
author
illustrator
title page
table of contents
glossary
index
publisher
copyright date
place of publication
call number