Parts of a Book Chart
Every book has a front cover, a title, an author, an illustrator, a spine and pages.
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How to do it
- Find the front cover and the spine.
- Read the title, author and illustrator.
- Learn how to hold a book and turn the pages.
Teaching tip
Look for these parts on every book you read together this week. This sheet is aligned with Common Core RF.K.1.
About this chart
A picture book labeled with its front cover, title, author, illustrator, spine and pages.
What kids practice
Print concepts are the basics of how books and writing work. A book has a front cover, a title and an author. We read left to right and top to bottom. Letters make words, words make sentences, and a sentence starts with a capital and ends with a mark. Kids who know these basics can focus on the words themselves.
Watch for
- Mixing up letters and words. A word is a group of letters with spaces around it.
- Counting syllables instead of words, like counting "rabbit" as two.
- Starting a new line on the right. Sweep back to the left for each new line.
It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full print concepts guide for kindergarten.
More sheets in this set
2. Label the BookA picture book to label with the title, author, spine, pages and more.
3. Letter, Word or Sentence?Boxes with a letter, a word or a sentence to sort by color.
4. Count the WordsShort sentences to read, with a box to color for every word.
5. Which Way Do We Read?Two-line sentences to number word by word, left to right and top to bottom.
6. Capitals and End MarksSentences to find the capital letter and the period, question mark or exclamation mark.