PARTS OF A BOOK
LIBRARY PROCEDURES
BOOK CARE
LIBRARY LINGO
BOOK SELECTION
100
The part of the book which keeps the pages together and has the call numbers.
What is the Spine?
100
The day when you need to bring your book back to the library.
What is the day your book is due, or due date?
100
This is where you should keep your books at home so they are safe.
What is your backpack, or some place high (and dry!)?
100
The name of a book.
What is the Title?
100
Books with an "E" on their spine label belong in this section of the library.
What is the Easy or Everyone section? (a.k.a. "Dinosaur Shelves")
200
A list in the front of the book that tells what page you will find chapters and topics in the book.
What is the Table of Contents?
200
No running, quiet voices, respect yourself, others, and library materials.
What are the library rules and expectations?
200
This is what you should keep your books away from at home.
What is baby brother or sisters, pets, food and drink?
200
Where one checks out library materials in a library.
What is the circulation desk?
200
Books with "F" on the spine label belong in this section of the library.
What is the Fiction section?
300
The page inside the book which lists the title, author, illustrator, publisher, and the city where a book is published.
What is the Title Page?
300
When your book is late it is called this.
What is Overdue?
300
This is how you should turn the pages of a book.
What is slowly and carefully from the corner?
300
A story from the author's imagination.
What is Fiction?
300
This is the icon that you have to click on our computers to look for books in our library.
What is Web Collections?
400
A section of the book where the author or illustrator thanks or honors someone.
What is the Dedication?
400
When going to the library shelves to find a book, the first thing that you need to do is get this item.
What is a shelf marker?
400
This is what you should NEVER do around your books.
What is eat and drink.
400
The numbers and/or letters used to find a book on the library shelf.
What is the Call Number?
400
This is how you can tell if a book is from the Non-Fiction Section (just by looking at the spine label).
What are . . . There are numbers on the spine label?
500
A list in the back of a book that defines the words in the book.
What is the Glossary?
500
If a book is out of the library but you would like to read it, you can do this.
What is place it on hold?
500
What you need to do if you lose or damage a book.
What is pay for it?
500
An organized number system to find different types of books in the library.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
500
This is the rule you should follow when selecting a "just right" book.
What is the five-finger rule?
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