Part of a Book
On the Shelves
Genres
Authors
Our Library
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
This award is given to an American illustrator each year.
Caldecott Award
100
If a story is made up, it is this type of book.
fiction
100
These people check books out to you and keeps the shelves in the library organized.
Mrs. Pitstick and Ms. Dreith
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
The Caldecott medal given to an illustrator each year is made out of this metal.
bronze
200
The company that works with authors and illustrators to make books ready for purchase is...
publisher
200
This type of book is about a person.
biography
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
David Wiesner is the illustrator of Sector Seven, Tuesday and Flotsam. What genre are these books?
fantasy
300
This is another name for library.
media center
300
This is the largest library in the world that happens to be in Washington D.C.
Library of Congress
400
This is a "mini dictionary" found in the back of some nonfiction books.
What is a "glossary"
400
This is the type of nonfiction books that provide information and data. They usually cannot be checked out.
What is a Reference book?
400
This is the number of books each year that are Caldecott Honor Books.
various numbers
400
This is done when you wish for a library book that is currently checked out.
reserve
400
What section of a library does a person find dictionaries, thesauri, atlases, encyclopedias and almanacs?
reference section
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 is the list of books 3rd-6th graders are encouraged to read and vote for their favorite in the state of Iowa.
Iowa Children's Choice Award
500
This is what you do if you wish to keep a book checked out longer...
renew
500
A book written about a person by that same person
autobiography
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