Name that Dewey Category
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Picture Books
Chapter Books
100

In this Dewey category, you will find books about plants, birds, animals, dinosaurs, chemistry, and math.

What are the 500's?

100

An alphabetical list of subjects, names, or other information in a book, with page numbers given for each item. 

What is an index?

100

A book or database that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order along with their meaning and pronunciation.

What is a dictionary?

100

I wrote The Polar Express, The Wretched Stone, and Just a Dream.

Who is Chris Van Allsburg?

100

A historical fiction series that tells the stories of well known historical events—from the Revolutionary War to the sinking of the Titanic to the September 11 terrorist attacks—through the eyes of a young witness

What is the I Survived series?

200

In this Dewey category, you will find books about sports, music, dancing, and drawing.

What are the 700's?

200

An alphabetical list of words with the definition found in the back of the book.

What is the glossary?

200

A book or database filled with words that have similar or opposite meanings.

What is a thesaurus?

200

An unconventional princess named Elizabeth happily prepares to marry Prince Ronald, but a dragon burns down the castle and kidnaps Prince Ronald. Elizabeth wears something other than clothes and saves Ronald. 

What is The Paperbag Princess?

200

Jack and Annie go on adventures through a special play area.

What is the Magic Tree House series?

300

In this Dewey category, you will find books about mythology and different world religions, such as Hinduism and Christianity.

What are the 200's?

300

A list of the chapters or sections with the page number they are found. 

What is the table of contents?

300

A book or database filled with a wide variety of subjects.

What is an encyclopedia?

300

A story about an ambitious king of the pond who decides he wants to expand his kingdom.  

What is Yertle the Turtle?

300

This author wrote the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

Who is Jeff Kinney?

400

In this Dewey category, you will find books about fairy tales, holidays, jobs, and government.

What are the 300's?

400

The words that describe a picture in a magazine, book, or newspaper.

What is a caption?

400

A book or database of maps.

What is an atlas?

400

This author wrote The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales, Math Curse, and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. 

Who is Jon Scieszka? 

400

This author wrote the book Wonder.

Who is R. J. Palacio?

500

In this Dewey category, you will find books about geography and history.

What are the 900's?

500

A drawing or plan that shows the parts of something or how the parts work together.

What is a diagram ?

500

A book of useful facts that may include weather predictions, gives facts about the tides, the time the sun will rise and set, and other useful information.

What is an almanac?

500

This picture book was banned because in the book a tree is overly compliant and giving and the boy is demanding and selfish.

What is The Giving Tree?

500

This author wrote Smile, Sisters, Ghost, Drama and Guts.

Who is Raina Telgemeier?

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