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Parts of a Book
On the Shelves
Genres
Library Sources
Miscellaneous
100
The person who writes the story.
What is an author.
100
If a call number has F on it, what kind of book are you looking at?
What is fiction
100
A story about a person's life, written by somebody else.
What is Biography?
100
This book is used to look up the meaning of a word and how to pronounce it.
What is a dictionary?
100

This is the name of our library.

What is the Albany Avenue Library?

200

This part of the book tells us what is on each page. It is in the beginning of a book.

What is the Table of Contents?

200
The sticker on a spine of a book that gives the "address" of the book (information of where the book goes on the shelf).
What is call number
200

This type of story has been around for a long time and is passed down from generation to generation. The characters and story line tend to be exaggerated.

Example: Little Red Riding Hood or Goldilocks 

What is a folktale?

200

This is used to search for books in the library.

What is Destiny or the library catalog? 

200
If a story is made up, it is this type of writing.
What is a fiction?
300
This part of a nonfiction book is found in the back and gives the page numbers where certain information can be found.
What is an index
300
The number system used to organize nonfiction books
What is Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)?
300
This fiction genre uses clues and typically have detectives or characters acting like detectives.
What is mystery?
300
This type of reference book contains information on virtually every subject.
What is an encyclopedia?
300

The name of the award given to the ILLUSTRATOR of a children’s picture book.

What is a Caldecott Award?

400
This is a "mini dictionary" found in the back of some nonfiction books.
What is a "glossary"
400

The call number starts with an "E" on the spine. 

What is a picture book?

400
The stories in this genre typically use animals as the main characters and have moral lessons in the end.
What is a fable?
400
This type of reference book contains all kinds of maps.
What is an atlas?
400
This is done when you wish to keep a library book longer than its original due date.
What is to renew?
500
This page at the front of the book lists the title, author's name, illustrator's name, publisher and copyright date.
What is the Title page?
500
Two or more books that are linked by the same characters, settings, or other common traits.
What is a Series?
500
This genre has made-up stories and characters that happened in the past.
What is historical fiction?
500

The name of the website we use to research topics.

What is PebbleGo?

500
A reading program that you can complete during the months of June-August and be rewarded.
What is summer reading program?