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Author, Title, Publisher, Year W.3.8
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1. You want to find the same book again in the library. Which two details help most?
A. The cover picture and the price B. The title and the author C. The year and the page count 2. Two books on volcanoes: one published in 2005, one published in 2022. Which detail in the entry tells you which is newer?
A. The year B. The publisher C. The title 3. Sam Lee. Rivers of Ice. Oak Press, 2019. Who is the publisher?
A. Rivers of Ice B. Sam Lee C. Oak Press 4. Priya Shah. The Busy Beehive. Green Leaf Books, 2021. Who is the author?
A. Priya Shah B. Green Leaf Books C. The Busy Beehive 5. Tom Okafor. Bridges of the World. Hill Top Press, 2015. Who wrote the book?
A. Hill Top Press B. Tom Okafor C. Bridges of the World 6. Priya Shah. The Busy Beehive. Green Leaf Books, 2021. What is the title?
A. The Busy Beehive B. Priya Shah C. Green Leaf Books 7. Leo Grant. The Story of Bread. Mill Stone Press, 2016. When was it published?
A. Mill Stone Press B. 2016 C. Leo Grant 8. Ben Carter. How Trains Work. Lantern Press, 2020. Which part is the author's name?
A. Ben Carter B. How Trains Work C. Lantern Press LessonPrint · W.3.8 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Author, Title, Publisher, Year Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1. The title and the author 2. The year 3. Oak Press 4. Priya Shah 5. Tom Okafor 6. The Busy Beehive 7. 2016 8. Ben Carter Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.3.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.