Library Manners
Book Awards
ELBA
Reference Section
Dewey Decimal System
100

During storytime or our lesson, students are _____________ to Mrs. Kulas.

What is LISTENING?

100

Awarded each year to the illustrator of a picture book for children. 

What is Caldecott?

100

ELBA stands for.

What is ELEMENTARY LIBRARY BOOK AWARD?

100

A book that lists the definition of words in alphabetical order.

What is a DICTIONARY?

100

System for organizing the contents of a library nonfiction section based on the division of all knowledge into 10 groups.

What is DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM?

200

Before we leave the library, we always _________________ after ourselves.

What is CLEAN UP?

200

Awarded each year to an author of an American children's book.

What is NEWBERY?

200

This is how many divisions of ELBA books there are.

What is 3?

200

A book that lists synonyms and antonyms for words. Ex. This book can help us find another word that means something similar.

What is the THESAURUS?

200

This person came up with this system of organizing.

Who is MELVIL DEWEY?

300

Something we should say when we are given something or after a book is checked out to us.

What is THANK YOU?

300

Award recognizes literature that children like to read. Librarians nominate books in various categories and schoolchildren throughout North Dakota vote on their favorites.

What is FLICKERTALE?

300

This is the percentage of questions you have to get correct in order to pass an ELBA quiz.

What is 70% (7/10)?

300

A set of books or database that gives information on topics listed alphabetically.

What is an ENCYCLOPEDIA?

300

Books in this section are full of information about a lot of different things!

What is 000s (Generalities)? 

400

We should enter and exit the library this way. 

What is QUIETLY (CALM BODIES)?

400

Award given every year to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

What is CORETTA SCOTT KING?

400

This was last year's ELBA theme.

What is PAWS FOR BOOKS (Pet/Dog themed)?

400

A book of maps.

What is an ATLAS?

400

This section has books about wild animals, plants, weather, the solar system, dinosaurs, and rocks and minerals. Books about math are in this category too!

What is 500s (SCIENCE & MATH)?

500

Return books on time and never ___________ library books to someone else.

What is BORROW (give)?
500

Awarded yearly to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished beginning reader books published in the United States.

What is THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL?

500

This is the total number of books you will have read if you complete the entire ELBA challenge.

What is 28?

500

A yearly book that lists the important events and facts from that year.

What is an ALMANAC?

500

This section has books about sports, drawing, crafts, music and dance.

What is 700s (Arts and Recreation)?

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