In this Dewey category are books about math, plants, birds, animals, dinosaurs, and nature.
What are the 500's?
100
The number or letters, or a combination of these, given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
What is a call number?
100
A book or database that lists synonyms and antonyms
What is a thesaurus?
100
He is "short, fat and proud of that."
Who is Winnie the Pooh?
100
The kind or type of a work of art such as a book
What is the definition of "genre"?
200
In this Dewey category you will find books about arts and crafts, movies, dancing, sports...
What are the 700's?
200
A removable cover, usually illustrated, for protecting the binding of a book and usually giving information about the book and the author
What is a book jacket?
200
A book or database filled with information on a wide variety of subjects
What is an encyclopedia?
200
He lost a button and he wished for a pocket.
Who is Corduroy?
200
Storiesof a people handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation
What are folktales?
300
In this Dewey category you will find books about different branches of the military.
What are the 300's?
300
The part of the book that should be facing out on the library shelf
What is the spine?
300
A book or database of maps
What is an atlas?
300
She likes fancy clothes and loves using big fancy words such as "ecstatic" and "extraordinary" and anything in French.
Who is Fancy Nancy?
300
Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters
What is fantasy?
400
In this Dewey category you will find poetry, jokes, riddles, and plays.
What are the 800's?
400
A preface or introductory part of a poem or novel
What is a prologue?
400
This Internet reference source includes and online almanac, a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and Homework Help.
What is Fact Monster?
400
In these books by Tedd Arnold, the only thing this pet can say is his owner's name, Buzz.
Who is Fly Guy?
400
A story demonstrating a useful truth or teaching a lesson, especially in which animals speak as humans
What is a fable?
500
Cookbooks are found in this Dewey category.
What are the 600's?
500
A promotional description found on the jackets of books, or sometimes on the back cover
What is a blurb?
500
A type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to information about people and their lives
What is a biographical dictionary?
500
In Dav Pilkey's picture book about dog breath, he is the main character
Who is Hally Tosis?
500
Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods