Dewey Decimal
Classic Children’s Books
Books to Movies
Popular Books
Urban Fiction
100

This is the name of the man who invented the Dewey Decimal Classification System.

Who is Melvil Dewey?

100

A publisher bet this author that he couldn’t write a book using 50 or fewer words; the result was Green Eggs and Ham.

Who is Dr. Seuss?

100

This popular book series takes place at the magical school of Hogwats, while those of us in the real world are known as muggles.

What is the Harry Potter Series?

100

This popular children's book series is likely to be your most requested book under the call number J KIN.

What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid series?

100

This author began writing urban fiction as a way of showing the “dark side” of the street life, beyond the “glitz and glamour”; known for her first book titled “A Hustler’s Wife”.

Who is Nikki Turner?

200

This is where you would look for books teaching languages.

What is the 400-499 Language Section?

200

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, four siblings rule this land from the throne at Cair Paravel.

What is Narnia?

200

This character, the son of Poseidon from the popular children’s book series, tells of his journey to find out who stole Zeus’ lightning bolt.

Who is Percy Jackson?

200

This book, by Tayari Jones, tells a story of love, race, justice and what happens when "normal" people come face-to-face with the unthinkable.

What is An American Marriage?

200

What is the title of this 2015 American mystery crime-thriller film directed by Trey Haley and written by Carl Weber?

What is "The Man in 3B"

300

These numbers represent History & Geography in the Dewey Decimal System.

What is 900-999?

300

If You Give a Mouse a Muffin is a follow-up to this 1985 book by Felicia Bond & Laura Joffe Numeroff.

What is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?

300

This line of popular books describes a world where children from different districts are put in a dangerous game of survival and only one can win.

What is The Hunger Games series?

300

He’s written both adult and young adult titles that can give your library collection “Maximum” impact.

Who is James Patterson?

300

In this book the author appears as a “fictional” character who voices her belief that Winter’s vices are shared by many, and that greed, drugs and violence devalue the lives of urban youth.

What is The Coldest Winter Ever?

400

True or False. 

Stories about UFOs are considered non fiction even though there is no proof they exist.

What is True?

400

This classic by Maurice Sendak was turned into a 1980 opera.

What is Where the Wild Things Are

400

This is the story about Charlie, who is anxious about starting high school alone and begins to write letters to an anonymous stranger in order to cope.

What is Perks of Being a Wallflower?

400

If you’re looking to spice up your reading collection, look no further than this author, with more than 225 romance novels under her belt.

Who is Nora Roberts?

400

This couple received national publishing deals during their freshman year in college; with the Cartel series they have solidified themselves as two of the best in their genre.

Who are Ashley and Jaquavis Coleman?

500

The only author to have a unique Dewey decimal number devoted to them.

Who is William Shakespeare?

500

This bear is named for a train station & arrives in England as a stowaway from South America.

Who is Paddington?

500

The novella The Body by Stephen King.

What is Stand by Me?

500

This popular teen novel tells the story of Starr Carter, who witnessed the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer.

What is The Hate U Give?

500

This author is a self-published pioneer of this genre. She spent six years submitting work to publishers who rejected her. She finished writing her first novel, True to the Game, in 1992.

Who is Terri Woods?

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