Library Skills
Our Library
Book Care
Book Genres
100

What is the difference between a picture book and a chapter book?

How long the book is

100

Where are the Everyone books?

In the middle of the library

100

How should we carry our books when we go home at the end of the day?

In our backpack

100

What is a Graphic Novel?

Extended story made of pictures and words- similar to a comic book.

200

What is a nonfiction book?

A book written with true facts

200

Where do we find Fiction books?

Along the wall between the two doors

200
You check out a really old book and a clump of pages falls out while you are reading. What do you do?

Bring the pages and the book to Mrs. Hussung!

200

What section in the library would I go to if I want a picture book to read for fun? 

E for Everybody

300

What is a fictional book?

Stories that are made up from the author's imagination.

300

Where are the Quick Read chapter books?

Under the window

300

Should you read a picture book to a baby?

Yes! But don't let the baby get ahold of it.

300

Mrs. H likes to display new books under the Library Rules poster. Are you allowed to check them out? 

YES

400

What is the SIDE of the book called?

The Spine

400

You have 1 library book at home. How many can you check out today?

2 books

400

You rip the front cover of your book and you have some extra tape in your backpack. Should you fix the book for Mrs. Hussung?

No! Mrs. Hussung uses special tape to fix books. 

400

What are biographies? 

True stories written about a person's life by someone else

500

What should you do if you don't know want a book you picked out and you don't remember where it goes?

Put it on the cart or on top of the shelf

500
What do the posters on the long wall tell you?

The Dewey Decimal system (Nonfiction categories)

500

You spill your water bottle on your book. What should you do.

Stand it up and let it dry. Then bring it to Mrs. Hussung.

500

In which genre would Dork Diaries or Diary of a Wimpy Kid be found?

Fiction (FIC)