Name That Genre
Research This!
Lost & Found In The Library
Find That Fact
Encyclopedia Indeed-ia!
100
This book may contain suspense, detectives, or an unsolved puzzle.
What is mystery?
100
A book that you'd turn to if you needed to know what a word meant.
What is a dictionary?
100
Pilkey, Dav
What is searching by author?
100
Where you would find a synonym for a word.
What is a thesaurus?
100
The words at the top of the page that help you find what you're searching for
What are guide words?
200
The true story of someone's life.
What is biography?
200
The place where you would find out if a book was available in the Emerson library.
What is the online library catalogue? (a.k.a. Alexandria researcher, the library home page)
200
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
What is searching by Title?
200
Pages of definitions at the back of some nonfiction books and encyclopedias.
What is a glossary?
200
The pages at the back of some encyclopedias that help you find if it has information on your topic.
What is an index?
300
A realistic story set in another time.
What is historical fiction?
300
Where you would go to find out synonyms and antonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
300
Penguins
What is searching by subject?
300
The reference book you'd use to find out what countries border Nigeria.
What is an Atlas?
300
Where you would find out when an encyclopedia or other book was published.
What is the inside front page? (a.k.a. "inside matter" or "copyright page")
400
A story with a moral clearly stated at the end.
What is a fable?
400
A book full of maps and information about geography and cultures.
What is an atlas?
400
Jack and Annie
What is searching by keyword?
400
Where you would find information about tree frogs.
What is an encyclopedia?
400
How to find which volume of an encyclopedia you need.
What is look at the spine to see which letters are included.
500
A story passed down through generations that explains why the world is a certain way, often involving gods or religious beliefs.
What is a myth?
500
The sticker on the spine that tells the location of a book in the library.
What is a call number?
500
595.7
What is searching by call number?
500
Where you would find out the birthdays of all the presidents.
What is an Almanac?
500
The word for multiple books in an encyclopedia set.
What are volumes?
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