Genres
Stories in this genre usually take place in a completely made up world and involve magic.
What is fantasy?
This author has written 19 realistic fiction books so far about a kid named Greg Heffley and his adventures. Zoo-wee-mama!!
Who is Jeff Kinney?
The "s" in https:// stands for this word.
What is secure?
This book series shows how two (or more) animals would fare if they were against each other in the wild.
What is Who Would Win?
Winners of this ALA award for illustrators include:
Doug Salati (Hot Dog)
Jason Chin (Watercress)
Jon Klassen (This is Not My Hat)
What is the Caldecott Award?
In this genre, the story is impacted by imagined or real scientific discoveries and could take place in outer space.
What is science fiction?
This author writes the I Survived series.
Who is Lauren Tarshis?
This type of institution can own a trustworthy website that ends in .gov.
What is the government?
This Dewey Decimal System class includes graphic novels and books about sports, art, and music.
What are the 700s?
This is the profession of Langston Hughes who we read about in the picture book biography, There Was a Party for Langston.
What is a poet?
Characters in this genre live in a time period that was 30 or more years ago and live through events that actually happened.
What is historical fiction?
This author of The Tiger Rising and Because of Winn-Dixie has received three Newbery Awards so far.
Who is Kate DiCamillo?
This type of institution can own a trustworthy website that ends in .edu.
What is a college or university?
Large heads are featured on the covers of the books in this series about people, events, and places.
What is the Who was...? Who were...? and What was...? series.
Who is Shel Silverstein?
This genre includes stories that could happen in real life, modern times, but involve made up characters.
What is realistic fiction?
This author was also a scientist who studied snowflakes. His first book of snowflake photos was called Snow Crystals and there is a picture book about his life.
Who is Wilson Bentley (or Snowflake Bentley)?
Google is not an information source, but this type of website where one can find other websites.
What is a search engine?
This Dewey Decimal System class includes books about geography, history, and biographies.
What are the 900s?
This award was named after the author of The Cat in the Hat and The Lorax (to name a few). It is for the "most distinguished American book for beginning readers".
What is the Geisel Award?
Books in this genre can be from any genre, but are high quality books that have remained popular with readers for many years (decades).
What are the classics?
This author of The Monsters' Test and Nanuk visited Munsey Park's fourth graders in October 2024.
Who is Brian Heinz?
This what it is called when a website or book uses information from another source and gives that source credit.
What is citing?
The book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet is about this man's puppets that were featured in the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and for many years after.
Who is Tony Sarg?
This is what the abbreviation OPAC stands for.
What is Online Public Access Catalog?