Do You Know Dewey?
Genres
Just for Fun!
Reference Skillz
100

the kinds of books we organize using the DDS

what are nonfiction?

100

books that are funny/supposed to make you laugh

what is humor?

100

where Mel went when he was missing

what is the middle school?

100

this book tells you the spelling and definition of a word

What is a dictionary? 

200

a book about world religions would be found in this section

What are the 200s?

200

The "I Survived" book series are an example of this genre

What is Historical Fiction?

200

You can borrow books from the middle school library; TRUE OR FALSE?

what is True?

200

this is a book of maps

what is an Atlas?

300

biographies are found in this section

What are the 900s?

300

A book plot that involves a crime to be solved or a riddle to figure out

What is Mystery?

300

The title of the highest circulating book this school year

What is Sisters, by Raina Telgermeier?

300

This book will show you synonyms and antonyms for a particular word

What is a Thesaurus?

400

Name 2 topics found in the 300s/Social Sciences section

What are: Government, fairytales, economics, voting, the military, law, education, social customs & etiquette, transportation?

400

Paul Bunyan is a character from this genre

What is Folktales and Fairytales?

400

the amount of money our school raised from the book fair

what is $17,000?

400

This will tell you general information about a topic

What is an encyclopedia? 

500

Melvil Dewey's first name used to be spelled this way

what is M-E-L-V-I-L-L-E?

500

a book that imagines a world with technology or inventions that do not yet exist, imagines a future with new tech or inventions

what is Science Fiction?

500

the name of the website tool we used to re-write a nursery rhyme  

What is Google Translate? 

500

this book will tell you facts about a particular year, including calendar information 

What is an Almanac?