Book Parts
Research Tools and Skills
Name the Genre
Know Your Library
Characters and Titles
Cyber Safety
Famous Authors
Know Your Librarian
100
The page in the book that shows the title, author, and publisher.
What is the title page?
100
This is to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own. Be careful not to do this when you are doing research!
What is plagiarism?
100
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author.
What is fiction?
100
The online catalog that you can go to in order to find a book on our shelves.
What is OPALS?
100
A monkey that gets himself into all kinds of trouble.
Who is Curious George?
100
Information such as your address, phone number and passwords.
What is personal information or private information?
100
Author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid books.
Who is Jeff Kinney?
100
Mrs. Scott's favorite animal.
What is a pig?
200
This lists the chapters in the book and the page each chapter begins on.
What is the table of contents?
200
Being safe when using the internet. Do not give out personal information or go to websites without the permission of a parent or guardian.
What is Internet Safety?
200
A fictional story where the characters have to be detectives to solve a problem. This type of story is usually filled with suspense!
What is mystery?
200
To check out a library book for an additional time period.
What is to renew?
200
A boy who visits the land of the Wild Things.
Who is Max?
200
This is a string of characters that could include a combination of numbers, letters and symbols.
What is a password?
200
Percy Jackson and the Olympians author.
Who is Rick Riordan?
200
Mrs. Scott's favorite color
What is pink? (Especially hot pink and fuchsia)
300
The part of a nonfiction book that lists the definitions of words used in the book.
What is the glossary?
300
You should use this tool to find the definition of the word "archaeologist".
What is the dictionary?
300
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
What is historical fiction?
300
We use this to mark or save our page in a book.
What is a bookmark?
300
A cat who likes his white shoes.
Who is Pete the Cat?
300
Using digital devices, sites and apps to scare, harm or upset someone online.
What is cyberbullying?
300
The author of the Dog Man and Cat Kid Comic Club books.
Who is Dav Pilkey? (pronounced DAVE Pill-key)
300
Mrs. Scott's children's names? (Hint: She has one son and one daughter). You must be able to provide BOTH names.
Who are Michael and Jessica?
400
An alphabetical listing of all topics and items, usually found at the end of a nonfiction book.
What is an index?
400
You use this reference tool to find synonyms for the word "abandoned".
What is a thesaurus?
400
A nonfiction book about a real person's life and their accomplishments, written by someone else.
What is a biography?
400
What do we call the tool that we use to hold our place on the bookshelves while we decide on a book choice.
What is a shelf marker?
400
A book about a boy who draws with his crayon.
What is Harold and the Purple Crayon?
400
Commercials, messages or photos that try to persuade someone to buy a certain product.
What is advertising?
400
The author of the Harry Potter series.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
400
Besides reading, her other favorite subject in school
What is math?
500
The numbers and/or letters on the spine of a book that tell where the book belongs in the library. This information is found on the spine label.
What is the call number?
500
A book of maps and geographical information.
What is an atlas?
500
This type of book tells a story using both pictures and words like a comic strip.
What is a graphic novel?
500
"If you want a good story, let me tell you what to do, look for ... "
What is 398.2? (Folktales, fairy tales, tall tales are in this area of the library.
500
India Opal Buloni, The Preacher, and Gloria Dump are the main characters in this awesome book.
What is Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo?
500
This is what we call the word typed into a search engine to find information.
What is a keyword.
500
The author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Who is Eric Carle?
500
The store she was working in when she bet up the robber (YES, this is TRUE!)
What is Dairy Queen? (DQ)
600
The person who draws the pictures for a book.
What is the illustrator?
600
This explains what is shown in a picture or illustration.
What is a caption?
600
These stories are generally set in the future and tie in with science and technology.
What is science fiction?
600
Fiction books go in order on the shelf this way.
What is by the author's last name?
600
A book that has a cat that makes a mess in the house.
What is The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss?
600
You will find all of your computer files saved here.
What is my Google Drive?
600
The creator of the Dewey Decimal System. (You must give the first AND last name).
Who is Melvil Dewey?
600
The Hunnewell teacher that Mrs. Scott had as a student at Hunnewell
Who is Mr. Knapp?