Parts of Books
Genre
Library Organization
Misc.
Henry's Freedom Box
100
I am at the end of the book and list topics covered in the book in abc order with page numbers.
What is the index?
100
This is a story created from someone's imagination.
What is fiction?
100
Everyone and Fiction books are organized in this way.
What are the first letters of the author's last name? or ABC order?
100
These are the words at the top of each page of a dictionary.
What are guide words?
100
I am a famous slave who mailed myself to freedom.
Who is Henry Box Brown?
200
Mrs. P scans this when checking out my book.
What is the barcode?
200
This type of book uses clues to solve a problem.
What is a mystery?
200
I developed a method for organizing non fiction books.
Who is Melville Dewey?
200
This award is given each year to the children's book with the best illustrations.
What is the Caldecott Award?
200
This was a method slaves used to escape to freedom from the south to the north.
What is the Underground Railroad?
300
This page tells when the book was published.
What is copyright page?
300
This book contains magic.
What is fantasy?
300
The call number on a non fiction book starts with this.
What are numbers?
300
This is using and taking credit for the work of another person without giving them credit.
What is plagarism?
300
What were free people able to celebrate that most slaves did not?
What is a birthday?
400
This tells where the book is found on the shelf.
What is the call number?
400
This is a made up story based on events that actually happened, such as Freedom Summer.
What is a historical fiction?
400
This section of the library contains books used for research.
What is the reference section?
400
This set of books contains many volumes about various topics.
What is an encyclopedia?
400
Henry Brown mailed himself to this city to escape slavery?
What is Philadelphia?
500
This is found on the back cover and can be read anywhere in the world.
What is the ISBN?
500
This story contains a moral or lesson.
What is fable?
500
Dewey divided the non fiction section into 10 sections organized by using numbers from 001 to 999. Natural Science would be in this section.
What are the 500's?
500
This book contains facts and information about what happened in a given year.
What is an almanac?
500
Henry Brown poured this on his hand so that he would be unable to work.
What is oil of vitriol or sulfuric acid?
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