Parts of a Book
The edge of the book that is held together with stitches or glue.
What is the spine?
This is the volume of your voice when you are in the library.
What is quiet? (Would accept level 0 or 1 or low volume)
You need this to check out a library book.
What is a library card?
The name of the library catalog software.
What is Destiny?
The Caldecott Medal is given to honor this person involved in creating a book.
What is the illustrator?
In the back of a non-fiction book, this lists the places used when researching the information in the book.
What is the bibliogragraphy? (Would accept Resources.)
How you move around the library.
What is walking?
You use this to save your place on a shelf when looking for a book to check out.
What is a shelf marker?
When a book is already checked out, this color and word combination appears on the book cover.
What is red and "out"?
The book award in California that features votes from only students.
What is the California Young Reader Medal?
The list of chapters and page numbers in the front of the book.
What is the table of contents?
Use these kinds of hands when touching a book.
What are clean hands?
The place you go to check out a book after you pick a book.
What is the librarian's desk? (Would accept checkout desk.)
The way you can tell that a book in the catalog is a digital book.
This wheeled visitor came to Braly on Mondays all year.
What is the Santa Clara City Library Bookmobile?
In the back of a book, this alphabetically lists subjects and gives the pages where they may be found.
What is an index?
Water bottles do not go here when you use it to take your things to and from school.
What is inside a backpack or bag?
Library books are typically due during this timeframe.
What is one week or the next class visit? (Would accept two weeks since that's the actual due date on the books.)
The name for the information needed to find a book on the shelf.
What is a call number?
Ways you can read books when school is out for the summer.
What is visit the public library or bookmobile, borrow ebooks through Sora or the library?
In the front or back of a book, this lists the date the book was published, where it was printed, who printed it, fonts used in the book, how the pictures were made, and more.
What is the colophon?
When someone is talking, you do this.
What is look at them and keep your thoughts inside?
The order of non-fiction books on the shelf.
What is arranged on a number line in order by number, then by author's last name?
What is login to your library account?
Mrs. Silver's Dog's name.
What is Maisie?