Home / English / Printables / Grade 3 / Author, Title, Publisher, Year Author, Title, Publisher, Year is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on finding the author, title, publisher and year in a source entry, aligned to Common Core standard W.3.8. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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Author, Title, Publisher, Year W.3.8
Name Date
Circle the right answer.
1. Ben Carter. How Trains Work. Lantern Press, 2020. Which part is the author's name?
A. How Trains Work B. Lantern Press C. Ben Carter 2. Sam Lee. Rivers of Ice. Oak Press, 2019. Who is the publisher?
A. Sam Lee B. Rivers of Ice C. Oak Press 3. You want to find the same book again in the library. Which two details help most?
A. The title and the author B. The cover picture and the price C. The year and the page count 4. Tom Okafor. Bridges of the World. Hill Top Press, 2015. Who wrote the book?
A. Bridges of the World B. Tom Okafor C. Hill Top Press 5. Two books on volcanoes: one published in 2005, one published in 2022. Which detail in the entry tells you which is newer?
A. The publisher B. The year C. The title 6. Mei Chen. Owls After Dark. Starlight Books, 2017. Which part tells you what the book is called?
A. Mei Chen B. 2017 C. Owls After Dark 7. Priya Shah. The Busy Beehive. Green Leaf Books, 2021. Who is the author?
A. The Busy Beehive B. Priya Shah C. Green Leaf Books 8. Sam Lee. Rivers of Ice. Oak Press, 2019. When was the book published?
A. 2019 B. Sam Lee C. Oak Press LessonPrint · W.3.8 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Author, Title, Publisher, Year Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1. Ben Carter 2. Oak Press 3. The title and the author 4. Tom Okafor 5. The year 6. Owls After Dark 7. Priya Shah 8. 2019 Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.3.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.