Parts of a Book
Things We Use in the Library
Tell Me a Story
Call Numbers
Miscellaneous
100
This person writes the words for a book.
Who is the author?
100
This has your name and library number on it.
What is a library card?
100
This tells us when and where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
E with the first three letters of the author's last name.
What is an E FOR EVERYBODY call number?
100
This is the person who helps the writer fix his or her words.
What is the editor?
200
This person draws the pictures
Who is the illustrator?
200
This holds a book's place on the shelf while you decide if it is the one you want to check out.
What is a shelf marker?
200
The people in a story.
What are the characters?
200
FIC with the first three letters of the author's last name.
What is a FICTION call number?
200
This is the company that makes the book, such as Random House.
What is the publisher?
300
This holds the pages of the book together.
What is the spine?
300
The number on the spine of a book that helps you locate it in the library.
What is a call number?
300
This is where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
300
A decimal number with the first three letters of the author's last name.
What is a NON-FICTION call number?
300
Examples of this are mystery, science fiction, and historical fiction.
What is genre?
400
This page shows the title, author, illustrator, publisher, and place of publication.
What is the title page?
400
You can use this to see if our library has the book you are looking for.
What is the online card catalog?
400
A book that is written to continue where another left off.
What is a sequel?
400
The letters REF with a decimal number.
What is a REFERENCE call number?
400
This tells us when a book was registered by the author and illustrator as their work.
What is the copyright?
500
The part of a non-fiction book that tells what each chapter is about.
What is the table of contents?
500
The section of the library that holds encyclopedias.
What is the Reference Section?
500
The events that take place in a story.
What is plot?
500
The letter B with the first three letters of a person's last name.
What is a BIOGRAPHY call number.
500
This is the last name of a person who created a decimal system to organize books in libraries.
What is Dewey?
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