Parts of a Book
The person who writes the story
What is an:
Author
If a call number has F on it, what kind of book are you looking at?
What is:
Fiction
A story about a person's life, written by somebody else
What is:
Biography
This book is used to look up the meaning of a word and how to pronounce it
What is a:
Dictionary
The person who sits at the circulation desk and helps every student in the school
Who is:
Mrs. Early
The person who draws the pictures in a book
What is an:
Illustrator
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 the:
Call Number
This fiction genre has characters that travel through space or time. It is where you can find books with robots
What is:
Science Fiction
This book is used to find synonyms or related words to a word
What is a:
Thesaurus
Where you put library books when you are ready to return them
What is:
The bin in your classroom or the circulation desk bin
This part of a nonfiction book is found in the front and tells you the heading and the page number of each chapter
What is the:
"Table of Contents"
The 14 number code found on the back of the book
What is the:
Bar Code
This fiction genre uses clues and typically have detectives or characters acting like detectives
What is:
Mystery
Name a database you can find in the LCPS Go, Library Resources folder
What is:
Britannica, National Geographic, Pebble Go, Gale, Worldbook Online
The company that works with authors and illustrators to make a book
What is a:
Publisher
This is a "mini dictionary" found in the back of some nonfiction books
What is a:
"Glossary"
The tool used to keep the place of the book you have taken off the shelf to look at
What is a:
Shelf Marker
The stories in this genre typically have wizards or characters visiting magical kingdoms
What is:
Fantasy
This is where you can find electronic versions of library books
What is:
MackinVIA or Comics Plus
This is done when you wish to keep a library book longer than its original due date
What is:
Renew
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"
The name used to describe two or more books that are linked by the same characters, settings, or other common traits
What is a:
Series
This genre has made-up stories and characters that happened in the past
What is:
Historical Fiction?
This is the name of the database where you find where books are located in the library
What is:
Follett Destiny or the Library Catalog
A reading program that you can complete during the months of June-August and be rewarded
What is the:
Loudoun County Public Library Summer Reading Program?