Parts of a Book
On the Shelves
Genres
Reference Books
Miscellaneous
100

The person who writes the story.

What is an author?

100

If a call number has F on it, what kind of book are you looking at?

What is fiction?

100
A story about a person's life, written by somebody else.
What is Biography?
100
This book is used to look up the meaning of a word and how to pronounce it.
What is a dictionary?
100

This is the name of our library.

What is the Isenberg Media Center?

200
This page tells the pages where each chapter begins.
What is the Table of Contents?
200

The sticker on a spine of a book that gives the "address" of the book (information of where the book goes on the shelf).

What is call number?

200
This type of story has been around for a long time and is passed down from generation to generation. The characters and story line tend to be exaggerated.
What is a folktale?
200
This book is used to find synonyms or related words to a word.
What is a Thesaurus?
200

If a story is made up, it is this type of writing.

What is fiction?

300

This part of a nonfiction book is found in the back and gives the page numbers where certain information can be found.

What is an index?

300

The number system used to organize nonfiction books

What is Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)?

300
This fiction genre uses clues and typically have detectives or characters acting like detectives.
What is mystery?
300
This type of reference book contains information on virtually every subject.
What is an encyclopedia?
300
The company that works with authors and illustrators to make a book.
What is a publisher?
400

This is a "mini dictionary" found in the back of some nonfiction books.

What is a glossary?

400
This is a type of nonfiction book that provides information and data. It usually for library use only and cannot be checked out.
What is a Reference book?
400
The stories in this genre typically use animals as the main characters and have moral lessons in the end.
What is a fable?
400
This type of reference book contains all kinds of maps.
What is an atlas?
400
This is done when you wish to keep a library book longer than its original due date.
What is to renew?
500
This page at the front of the book lists the title, author's name, illustrator's name, publisher and copyright date.
What is the Title page?
500
Two or more books that are linked by the same characters, settings, or other common traits.
What is a Series?
500
This genre has made-up stories and characters that happened in the past.
What is historical fiction?
500

This type of reference book provides information such as tide and moon charts.

What is an Almanac?

500
A reading program that you can complete during the months of June-August and be rewarded.
What is summer reading program?
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