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.

Author, Title, Publisher, Year

W.3.8

NameDate

Circle the right answer.

1.Priya Shah. The Busy Beehive. Green Leaf Books, 2021. Who is the author?

A.Priya Shah
B.The Busy Beehive
C.Green Leaf Books

2.Priya Shah. The Busy Beehive. Green Leaf Books, 2021. What is the title?

A.The Busy Beehive
B.Green Leaf Books
C.Priya Shah

3.Mei Chen. Owls After Dark. Starlight Books, 2017. Which part is the publisher?

A.Starlight Books
B.Owls After Dark
C.Mei Chen

4.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

5.Ana Ruiz. Life in a Rock Pool. Blue Wave Books, 2018. In which year was it published?

A.2018
B.Blue Wave Books
C.Ana Ruiz

6.You want to find the same book again in the library. Which two details help most?

A.The year and the page count
B.The title and the author
C.The cover picture and the price

7.Tom Okafor. Bridges of the World. Hill Top Press, 2015. Who published the book?

A.Hill Top Press
B.Tom Okafor
C.2015

8.Sam Lee. Rivers of Ice. Oak Press, 2019. Who is the publisher?

A.Rivers of Ice
B.Oak Press
C.Sam Lee

LessonPrint · W.3.8 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.3.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.

Answer key — Author, Title, Publisher, Year