General Library Knowledge
Parts of a Book
What Kind of Book is This?
Where Do I Find It?
Randomness
100

This is how we look for chime time.

Zero voice, sitting on spot, hands to myself.

100

This is the part of the book that holds it together

Spine

100

These books are make believe, not real

What is fiction

100

Books by Mo Willems

Favorites

100

What color is the return book box?

Bright pink

200

This is the person who writes the book

Author

200

This is the white sticker on the front cover of a book that the librarian scans to check it out to me

Barcode

200
These books give facts and information
What is non-fiction?
200

Books with information about animals, weather, biomes.

Animals and Nature

200

The library has this many bathrooms and this many water fountains.

What is zero?

300

This person draws the pictures in the book

Illustrator

300

This is the sticker on the spine of the book that tells me where the book lives (or the book's address) on the shelf

Spine Label

300

A kind of story that involve magic in some way and usually have a special number.

Fairy tale

300

This is the part of the library where I would find a book about how to train a dog

Animals and Nature


300

What color are the chairs in the library?

Blue.

400

Fascinating facts come from this kind of book.

Nonfiction, information, reference

400

This page is in the front of the book and includes the title, author, illustrator and publisher

Title page

400

These stories often begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "They lived happily ever after."

What is a fairy tale?

400

Books about race cars or monster trucks.

Things That Go

400

What is your favorite thing to do in the library?

Any appropriate answer.

500

It's the number of books you can check out at a time.

What is one?

500

Ms. Contrino calls this a "love letter" from the author to people they are thanking.

Dedication Page

500

This is the story about a real person's life written by another person.

Biography or Nonfiction book

500

Books about real people and real times in history

True Stories

500

What is your favorite series in the library?

Any appropriate answer will do!