Parts of a book
What's inside?
All About Non-fiction
Where in the world do I find?
Fun
100
Where do you look to find the page numbers of where different chapters start?
Table of Contents
100
A real picture, not a drawing is called a what?
Photograph
100
Who writes the book?
Author
100
Under what number in the nonfiction do we find Guiness Book of World Records and unexplained mysteries?
000's
100
Nonfiction books have what on the call number?
Numbers!
200
Where do you look to find the definitions of boldfaced words?
Glossary
200
This type of word is usually a harder word and will be defined in the glossary.
Bold faced word
200
Who takes the photographs or draws the pictures or diagrams?
Photographer or Illustrator
200
Under what number do I find insect and bug books- remember 2nd grade ;)
595's
200
Fiction books have what on the call number?
F Last 3 letters of the author's last name
300
What is the page called that tell the title, author, illustrator and publishing company of a book?
Title page
300
What do you call the writing beneath of photograph that describes it?
Caption
300
Why do we read nonfiction books?
To gather information.
300
What number do I find wild animal books- lions, tigers, giraffes, elephants?
599's
300
What type of books do you find in the 796's? Hint- we like to watch these on TV.
Sports books
400
Where do you look to locate the page numbers of topics in the book? (hint-located in the back of the book)
Index
400
What is a picture with labeled parts called?
Diagram
400
You find this in a lot of animal nonficiton books and it tells where in the world an animal lives.
Map
400
Under what number do I find pet books- horse books, cat books, hamster books, dog books?
636's
400
If a book has a purple head plus a category on the spine, what kind of book will that be?
Biography
500
This helps you figure out how to say an unknown word.
Pronounciation key
500
What is another name for the title? (usually found on almost every page in a nonfiction book)
Heading
500
Who organized the Dewey Decimal System?
Melvil Dewey
500
Under what number do I find craft books, oragami books, art books?
745's
500
You can check these out and they are filled with nonfiction information. We have sports ones, animals ones, girl ones, boy ones
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