Book Selection
Library Lingo
Book Care
Library Procedures
Surprise!
100
Books with an "E" on their spine label belong in this section of the library.
What is the picture book section?
100
This is the part of the book that you see when a book is on the shelf.
What is the spine?
100
This is where you should keep your books after you check them out.
What is someplace safe and dry, and where you won't lose it?
100
This is where you return books.
What is the return bin?
100
This is what you call a person who draws pictures for a book.
What is the illustrator?
200
Books with "FIC" on the spine label belong in this part of the library.
What is the hard-cover fiction section?
200
Informational, factual, or true books are found in this section.
What is non-fiction?
200
This is what you should use to save your place in a book.
What is a bookmark? Never turn down the corner of a page of a book, or use something thick like a pencil - YIKES!!!
200
This is how many books you can check out at one time.
What is 2?
200
This is the author of "Horton Hears a Who."
Who is Dr. Seuss?
300
This is how you can tell on the computer if a book is already checked out of the library.
What is the computer will say 0 of (#) available?
300
Made up stories are found in this section.
What is fiction?
300
This is what you should keep your books away from!
What are baby brothers or sisters, pets, food, drink?
300
This is what you are if you've forgotten to return your books.
What is a book looker?
300
This is what AR stands for.
What is Accelerated Reader? 100 Bonus points: who can read the AR books?
400
This is what you need to click on to search on the computer for library books.
What is the "catalog" button?
400
These are three things that you can find on the title page of a book.
What are the: Title Author Illustrator Publisher (non-picture books)
400
With the spine facing out.
How should you place a book on the shelf?
400
This is where and how we sit during read-aloud story time.
What is on the floor with our legs crossed in front of our story-reader?
400
This is the rule you should follow when selecting a book - you read a page in a book and see if there are 5 words you can't say or don't understand.
What is the Five-Finger Rule?
500
This is how you can tell at a glance if a book is from the non-fiction section.
What is there are numbers on the spine label?
500
This is what you call the number and/or letters on the spine label of a book (it's like the book's address).
What is the call number of the book? (it's called call number even if it doesn't contain any numbers)
500
Right back in its correct location, or ask Mrs. Francis or a volunteer to help.
Where should you put a book you've decided you don't want?
500
These are 3 kinds of library materials that students CAN NOT checkout.
What are encyclopedias, videos, atlases, dictionaries, teacher-reference books?
500
This is the name of your librarian.
What is Mrs. Francis?
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