Parts of a Book
On the Shelves
Genres
Library sources
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 Albany Avenue Library? 

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 is used to search for a book in the library 

What is Destiny or the library catalog?

200
If a story is made up, it is this type of writing.
What is a 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 name of the award given to the ILLUSTRATOR of the best children’s book.

What is a Caldecott Award?

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

A website used to learn about different topics. We used it last year!

What is a PebbleGo?

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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