General Library Knowledge
Parts of a Book
Genre
Library Organization
Hodge Pog
100
This is the way we enter the library
What is quietly?
100
This is the part of the book that holds it together
What is the spine?
100
These books are make believe, not real
What is fiction
100
The books in the Easy Fiction section are in this order
What is ABC order, or by the first letter of the author's last name?
100
This is what I use when I am looking for a book so that I remember where it goes if I decide I don't want it
What is a shelf marker?
200
This is the person who writes the book
Who is the author?
200
The is the front part of the book that includes the title, author, and a picture
What is the front cover?
200
These books give facts and information
What is non-fiction?
200
Picture books or easy chapter books written from imagination are found in this part of the library.
What is the Easy Fiction section?
200
The Caldecott Award is given for the book with the best of these
What is illustrations or pictures?
300
This person draws the pictures in the book
Who is the 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
What is call number?
300
These stories are a kind of folk tale that involve magic in some way.
What is a fairy tale?
300
This is the part of the library where I would find a book about how to train a dog
What is the non-fiction section?
300
We read a biography about this famous man and how he invented magic squares and many other things.
Who is Ben Franklin?
400
This is the name of the company that put the book together
What is the publisher?
400
This page is in the front of the book and includes the title, author, and publisher
What is the title page?
400
These stories have been told by word of mouth over many years. They often involve everyday people, or animals acting as people, and usually have a lesson to be learned. They often begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "They lived happily ever after."
What is a folk tale?
400
Easy Fiction books are put in order by this person's last name
What is the author?
400
We read a tall tale about this man that competed with a steam shovel to tunnel through a mountain and make way for a railroad.
John Henry
500
I am in the Easy section looking for a picture book, "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" by Mo Willems - what letter will I find this book under?
What is W?
500
This is the white sticker on the back cover of a book that the librarian scans to check it out to me
What is the barcode?
500
This is the story about a real person's life written by another person.
What is a biography?
500
Books in the non-fiction section are organized using a number system created by this famous librarian
Who is Melville Dewey or Mr. Dewey?
500
We read a biography about this native American woman who helped find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
Sacagawea