Parts of a Picture Book

By LMS’ Heather Smith and Leigh Sutherland

Parts of a Picture Book Cover Author Illustrator Text Illustrations Spine Call Number

Cover The cover of a book

is where we learn: The Title of the Book The Author The Illustrator

The cover helps us decide if this is a book we want to read

Author The author is the

person who wrote the story

If we like an author, we can find other books by them to read

Illustrator The illustrator is the

person who draws pictures

They draw pictures to help show what the story is about

Text Text is the words that

make up the story

Sometimes the text may rhyme, be funny or fun to hear ready by an adult

Illustrations The illustrations are

what the illustrator draws

Illustrations help to tell the story and can be in color or black and white

Another word for illustrations is pictures

Spine The spine of a book

holds it together

On the spine you’ll find the title of the book, the author, and the call number

Call Number The call number tells

us where we can find the book in the library

Books are arranged by their call number in alphabetical order