How Books Work
A Grade 2 ELA worksheet covering the basic parts of a book and how they work, including concepts of print.
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How Books Work
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which part of the book tells you the story's title and author?
The back cover
The front cover
The pages
The spine
2. What do we call the person who writes the words in a book?
Illustrator
Reader
Author
Publisher
3. The holds all the pages of a book together.
4. We read the words in a book from to .
5. The title of a book is usually found on the back cover.
True
False
6. An illustrator draws the pictures in a book.
True
False
7. Look at the image of the book below. Label the front cover and the spine.

Use the words below to complete the sentences.
8. The of a book is its name.
9. The story of a book is found on the .
10. The usually tells a little bit about what the book is about.
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