Library Lingo
An artist who creates pictures in a book.
What is Illustrator?
A story about a real person written by someone else.
What is a biography?
“And for all I know he is sitting there still, under his favorite cork tree, smelling the flowers just quietly.”
What is Ferdinand?
The most important person, animal or thing in the story.
What is main character?
The non-fiction number with green dots
What is 500's?
The writer of a book, story, play or poem.
What is author?
A story about a real person written by that person.
What is autobiography?
The moral of the story is: No matter what you step in, keep walking along and singing your song . . .
What is Pete the Cat?
Where the story takes place.
What is setting?
The color of the non-fiction 700's dot.
What is purple?
A made up story. Something invented or imagined.
What is fiction?
The number on the spine of a biography.
What is 921?
"In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf."
What is the Hungry Caterpillar?
The beginning, the middle and the end.
What are the three parts of a story?
Mammals can be found in this hundreds number.
What is the 500's? (599)
A book of true information and facts.
What is non-fiction?
The letter under the 921 on the spine of a biography.
What is the first letter of the person's last name of which the book is about?
"and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day. . ."
What is Where the Wild Things Are?
Wraps up the story.
What is the conclusion or end?
Pets like dogs and cats are found with this color dot on the spine.
What is bright orange?
A label printed with vertical lines or bars. It is read by a scanner.
What is a barcode?
The sticker label on the spine that represents biographies in our library.
What is Abraham Lincoln?
“The bell still rings for all who truly believe.”
What is The Polar Express?
The lesson learned or object of the story
What is plot?
Cookbooks are found in this Dewey hundreds number.
What is 600's? (641)