A genre of fiction with stories meant to frighten or startle the reader, often including elements of the paranormal such as ghosts.
What is Horror?
100
The location of the book's call number label.
What is the bottom of the book's spine?
100
The Dewey Decimal Classification System is used to put this kind of books in order.
What is nonfiction?
100
The Dewey Classification in which you would find books about religion. (answer in numbers)
What is 200-299?
100
The main classification call number of a book about mythology by Martin Anderson. (2 parts - numbers and letters)
What is
200
Mar?
200
A genre of fiction in which the characters find themselves in a dangerous situation, often including the possibility of physical harm.
What is Adventure?
200
The call number of a fiction book by Jacqueline West.
What is
F
WES?
200
The Dewey Decimal System was created by this man - First name or initial and complete last name.
What is Melvil Dewey or M. Dewey?
200
The Dewey Classification in which you would find information about the French language. (answer in numbers)
What is 400-499?
200
You can infer that a book by Jeff Stein may be about nature if the call number is this. (numbers and letters)
What is
500
Ste?
300
A genre of fiction with made up stories set in the past, possibly including real people or events.
What is Historical Fiction?
300
The call number of a mystery by John Grisham.
What is
F
Gri?
300
The Dewey Decimal System organizes books and assigns them to categories based on the book's __________.
What is the book's subject?
300
The Dewey Classification that focuses on an individual's thinking, beliefs, and the way the mind works. (answer with numbers)
What is 100-199?
300
What you can infer about this call number:
741.3
Gra
What is a book about arts and recreation by an author whose last name begins with Gra.
400
A genre of fiction with stories set in a future where science and technology are greatly advanced. May include things like space travel, time travel, or aliens.
What is Science Fiction?
400
The shelf order of books by authors Cowell, Collins, and Cooney.
What is 1) Collins 2) Cooney and 3) Cowell?
400
The number of main Dewey Classification Categories.
What is ten?
400
Three of the 10 main subcategories that would be found in the 500-599 section.
What are any three of: mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, earth sciences & geology, fossils & prehistoric life, biology, plants, and animals?
400
Books that have the same Dewey Decimal number are put on the shelf together, in order by these.
What are the three letters below the number - the first three letters of the author's last name.
500
A genre of fiction in which the characters must discover the answer to a question, puzzle, or crime, usually by following a set of clues.
What is Mystery?
500
If four fiction books all have the same call number, such as F Coll, you put them order by this.
What is the title?
500
When Dewey conceived the Dewey Decimal System, he meant for ALL books to be included. Over time, the literature section (800s) became too large, so librarians created a new section for this type of book.
What is fiction.
500
The 300-399 Dewey Classification includes books on the Social Sciences, including government, the military, education, politics, and these made up stories passed down through time to teach cultural practices and lessons.
What are folk tales, fairy tales, and fables?
500
If many books have the same number AND the same author, what is the next thing used to put the books in order on the shelf?