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Front Cover

•The front cover is the front, or face, of the book.

Title

• This is the title of the book.

Title

Author

• The author is the person that writes the words

Author

Illustrator

• The illustrator is the person who draws the pictures.

Illustrator

Pages

• The pages are the inside part of a book.

Text• Text are the words in a book.

Text

Illustrations• The illustrations are the pictures in a book.

Illustrations

Spine

• The spine is the side of the book.

• It holds the book together.

Spine

Call Number

• The call number is the white label on the spine of the book.

Call numberE

N

What is on a call number?

• The call number tells you where in the library the book is kept and the first letter of the authors last name.

E

N

“E” is for Everybody.

“N” is the first letter in the author’s last name.In this case it is “N” for Numeroff.

Back Cover

• The back cover is the rear, or back side, of the book.

The End

• Good readers know the parts of a book. Now you are a good reader too.

• Happy Reading!