1. Which of the images above best represents fi ction, in your opinion? 2. What is your favourite childhood story? 3. What book are you reading currently? 4. What types of books do you generally like to read?
5. Have you ever heard the expression ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’? What do you think this means?
6. Would you choose a book to read based only on its cover? 7. What kinds of details do you look for on a book cover?
8. Would you be put off reading a book if it did not have certain details or images on the cover?
Explore
1. Rank the book covers from one to four, one being the book you would most like to read. Remember, judge the book only by its cover.
(a) Explain why you ranked each book where you did.
(b) Which element of the covers stood out to you more, the images or the text?
(c) Can you guess what each of these books is about?
2. Fill in the reading profi le on page 33 of your Portfolio.
