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Between Pages
100

This type of book is about a person.

biography

100

Greg Heffley tells of his many adventures with his family and friends in this series by Jeff Kinney.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

100

This online information is not to be shared with anyone.

password

100

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

fiction

100

This book is the Iowa Children's Choice winner for 2022.

Small Spaces

200

If a book is checked out, this is what one should do to get the book next.

reserve

200

This series by Lauren Tarshis is historical fiction. Each tells about a catastrophe which happened in the past. 

I Survived...

200

This database provides mainly newspaper and magazine articles for our chosen topics.

Gale

200

The sticker on a spine gives the "address" of the book, giving information of where the book goes on the shelf. This sticker is called...

call number

200

This page at the front of the book lists the title, author's name, illustrator's name, publisher and copyright date.

title page

300

The company that works with authors and illustrators to make books ready for purchase is...

publisher

300

This is what the second book in a series is called.

Sequel

300

Iowa AEA Online provides e-books for us to read. What is this database called?

MackinVIA

300

The three letters on the bottom of each call number stands for what?

first three letters of the author's last name

300

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

index

400

This is the list of books 3rd-6th graders are encouraged to read and vote for in the state of Iowa.

Iowa Children's Choice Award

400

This series is written by R.L. Stine. They are creepy and scary!

Goosebumps

400

Our library catalog allows us to write our opinions of books and read others' opinions. What is this writing called?

reviews

400

This number system is used to organize nonfiction books.

Dewey Decimal System

400

What type of book is written about a person by that same person?

autobiography

500

This is the largest library in the world that happens to be in Washington D.C.

Library of Congress

500

This series includes Who Was Dr. Seuss and Who was Abraham Lincoln. All books in this series are what time of genre?

biography

500

Name the online encyclopedia provided by Iowa AEA Online.

Britannica

500

What section includes thesauri, dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, yearbooks and atlases?

reference section

500

This is what types of writing are called. Examples are fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction and myseries.

genre

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