Parts of a Book
This is the part of the book that faces out on the shelf.
What is the spine?
This is the library branch that you are visiting now.
Where is the Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe Branch
This is the person I go to for help in the library.
Who is the librarian?
We welcome your questions and look forward to assisting.
I am reading a factual book about earthquakes.
What is nonfiction?
With a library card you can borrow up to 25 items.
False - Each card can borrow up to 50 items at a time. Loan periods for books and CDs are 3 weeks, and 1 week for videos and DVDs.
In a non-fiction book, you look here to find the subjects and pages.
What is the table of contents?
This is the area where I will find chapter books.
Where is the "Fiction" section?
This is the person that writes the words in a book.
Who is the author?
I am reading a fiction book about the revolutionary war.
What is historical fiction?
You have to pay $50 to get a library card.
False-If you live, work or go to school in the city of Toronto you can get a library card for free.
This is the part of the book that tells us where the book lives on the shelf.
What is the call number or the spine label?
This is the area that I would find factual books that are organized by the Dewey Decimal system.
What is the non-fiction section?
This is the person that creates the pictures in a book.
Who is the illustrator?
I am reading verses or lyrics that may or may not rhyme.
What is poetry?
Your library card is taken away if you return library materials late.
False - If you return an item late, you are charged 10 cents a day for each item.
This page lists the title, the author, the illustrator and the publishing company.
What is the title page?
This is the area where you can access internet, search information, play games.
Where is the computer Area
This is who creates the physical book and gets it out on the market to sell.
Who is the publisher?
I am reading a fictional story about what life may be like in the future; this story may have time travel, alternate worlds, or alien creatures.
What is science fiction?
You can eat and drink in the library.
True - You can eat small snacks and drink in the library except in areas near the computers.
This is the page where I can find out when the book was published.
What is the copyright page?
This is where I go to borrow an online book.
What is Overdrive?
The librarian who created a system to organize non-fiction books into ten subject groups, listed by numbers.
Who is Melville Dewey?
I am reading a non-fiction book about a person's life story.
What is a biography?
The city of Toronto has the busiest library system in the world.
True - Toronto Public Library is the world's busiest urban public library system. every year, more than 16 million people visit out 99 branches and borrow more than 29 million items.