Transcript Parts of a Book

I’m Sir Lovesabook and I’m here to see if
you are worthy to become a Knight of the
Royal Reading Table.
You must know the parts of a book if you
wish to earn your knighthood.
Are you ready?
Do you know what information is
found on the cover of a book?
Let’s see if you do!
What is the name of a book
called?
What do you call a person who
writes a book?
Author
w
Illustrator w
What do you call a person who
draws or paints the pictures for
a book?
Name 4 things that are found on the
title page of a book.
•The title of the book
•The author’s name
•The illustrator’s name
•The name of the publishing company that made the book after it was
written and illustrated
Can you find the title, author, illustrator and
publishing company on this title page?
Title:
You Wouldn’t Want to
Be a Medieval Knight!
Author:
Macdonald
Fiona
Illustrator:
Antram
David
Publishing Company:
Watts
Franklin
What information will you find in
a table of contents?
The table of contents lists the name of each chapter and gives the page
number where the chapter begins.
Look closely at this table of contents.
What is the name of the chapter that starts on page 10?
Which chapter will tell about the gear a knight needs?
The chapter about life in a castle begins on which page?
Why is the glossary such an important part
of a book?
The glossary gives the definition of words that you may not know when
you read the book.
Here is the glossary from a book.
Using this glossary, answer these
questions:
What do you call the rules of good behavior for
knights?
What animals do caltrops stop?
What does it mean to cauterize a wound?
Who carried the banner?
What is an index?
The index is an alphabetical list of the topics in a book, and tells on which page
information about the topic may be found.
Look at the Index on the left. On which pages of
the book would I find information on these
topics:
chain mail
16-17
Holy Dragon Wings!
battle-axes
18
caltrops
26, 30
belfry
22
chivalry
6, 30
This is not easy but
you can do it!
battering ram 23
arrows
20, 23, 24-25, 30
My Dragon, Red Wing, and I have tested you on the parts of a book
including the following:
•The information on the cover of the book
•The title page
•The table of contents
•The glossary
•The index
Red Wing will now decide if you know the parts of a
book well enough to become a knight.
“Red Wing, what do you say?