Library Rules
TRUE OR FALSE
You CAN have your waterbottle in your backpack with your library book.
FALSE!
Water and books don't mix.
Wet pages will ruin the book.
What is a GENRE?
A category or type of book
Name any book by Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
The Grinch
What are the two main types of books in our library?
Fiction and nonfiction
What is a Call Number?
It is found on the book's spine and tells the location of the book within the library.
When you check out a book... how long can you keep it?
Two Weeks
What is the genre called where somebody finds clues, and figures out who committed a crime?
Mystery
TRUE or FALSE
A non-fiction book can have chapters in it.
TRUE
A library catalog is a complete listing of a library's holdings: both print and digital. What is the name of our Library Catalog?
OPALS
What type of book has a call number FIC LAV?
A chapter book or
Fiction book
How many weeks will your FACS class be in the library?
Ten Weeks
TRUE or FALSE
Fiction books are organized in the library by their genre
FALSE: they are in alphabetical order by the author's last name
What is a Graphic Novel?
A comic book, manga or anime - style book
Name 3 activities you can do in this library besides check a book out:
1. play a game (checkers, chess or Uno)
2. color a bookmark/do a word search
3. make a poem
What type of book has a call number B SWI?
A biography
If Mrs. Barringer is out, who else in the school can check out your library book to you?
NO ONE!
What is the genre where the book takes place at a certain time in the past, but with fictional characters?
Historical Fiction
What it is called when an author uses a different name from their real or given name?
a Pen Name
What is an AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
A book about a famous person, written by that same person.
What type of book has a call number 456.77 LAV?
Non-fiction
Information or factual
What happens when you RENEW a library book?
You keep it for another two weeks.
What GENRE is the book the Diary of the Wimpy Kid?
Realistic Fiction
What is the name of the biggest library in our country?
(HINT: it is located in Washington, DC)
The Library of Congress
What is the name of the System that organizes our Non-Fiction books?
The Dewey Decimal
TRUE OR FALSE?
A call number would be the same no matter which library you are in.
FALSE
Libraries have different classification systems: many use the Dewey Decimal System, but some use the Library of Congress System