Library Life
This is the tool used to save your spot on the bookshelf while browsing.
This is what we call a made-up story that comes from an author's imagination.
What is fiction?
This is what we call a book full of facts and information from which you can learn things.
What is nonfiction?
Books with this format include Smile, Mr. Wolf's Class, and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales.
What are graphic novels?
This is the name of the author who visited our school at the beginning of May.
Who is Kyle Lukoff?
These are the pronouns used by our library mascot, Ziggy.
What is they/them?
This is the word for kind, type, or category of book.
What is genre?
This is the name of the system we use to classify and organize non-fiction books.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
Books in this genre feature characters like wizards, mermaids, or talking animals using magical powers.
What is fantasy?
This is the title of a book about a girl from the 1800s who decides she'd rather wear pants than dresses.
What is Mary Wears What She Wants?
This is the final due date for all books in 2022 -- the day by which they must be returned to the library!
What is Friday, June 3?
This is what the letters "JF" stand for on books in the children's room.
What is juvenile fiction?
This is the hundreds number for non-fiction books about outer space and animals.
What is 500s?
Books that are fairy tales usually have characters or events that come in either of these numbers.
What is threes and sevens?
This is the title of a book about two new friends who discover a mysterious creature in the woods on a class trip.
What is Unicorn Rescue Society?
This person is the ONLY teacher-librarian at GFS whose name is not Kate (or similar to Kate)!
Who is Hannah?
This is how books are put in order in the fiction section of the children's room library.
What are the first three letters of the author's last name?
This is the hundreds number for nonfiction books about United States history and Ancient Egypt.
What is the 900s?
Books in this genre might take place in a haunted house, a creepy forest, or a graveyard.
What is horror?
This is the title of a fairy tale about unusual royal siblings who journey through the woods having many adventures before returning home.
What is The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess?
This is the name of our digital library platform, where you can listen to audiobooks and read ebooks.
What is MackinVIA?
This is how series books are put in order on the spinner.
What is alphabetically by the name of the series?
This is the hundreds number for books about sign language and books written in Spanish or Mandarin.
What is the 400s?
Books in this genre include series like The Boxcar Children, Encyclopedia Brown, and Inspector Flytrap.
What is mystery?
This is the name of the book that third graders are reading in the after-school book club. (Hint: we ready the first chapter in class!)
What is From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler?