Finding Books
Library Lingo
Parts of a book
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100

What is FIC

Fiction

100

The person who draws the pictures in a book?

Illustrator

100

The name of a book

title

100

These stories have been told over and over again. They start with once upon a time.

Fairy tales

100

This genre is made up of books with ghosts or witches and are spooky.

What is the Scary Genre?

200

What do you call the book's address?

Call number

200

The word you use to re check out a book you already have

Renew

200

Holds the book together

spine

200

A story about a real person's life written by someone else

Biography

200
A story in this genre might be about a boy or a girl on a winning baseball team.

What is the Sports genre?

300

What search word would you put for a Harry Potter book?

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

300

The name of the database we use to find books

Alexandria

300

Lists the chapters in a book

Table of Contents

300

Stories where the setting is usually based around a kingdom. Kings and queens and knight, dragons and magic are usually involved. 

Fantasy

300

These books are about a series of funny or comical events or scenes.

What is the Humor genre?

400

What is the call number for a Louis Sachar fiction book?

FIC

SAC

400

The words under a picture that describe it

caption

400

Defines unfamiliar words in a book

What is a glossary?

400

A book about a person's life about themselves written by the person it's about.

What is an autobiography?

400

This is a genre that presents and solves a crime. As the main character, the detective works to find clues.

What is the Mystery genre?

500

What does the number 92 represent in nonfiction?

Biography

500

What is the Caldecott Award?

The award for an exceptional picture book

500

Lists all of the subjects in the book and is in the back of the book

What is the index?

500

Mixes history with fiction

Historical Fiction

500

This is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting.

What is Realistic Fiction?