Dewey Decimal System
The Dewey Decimal System organizes these types of books.
What are NONFICTION books?
This genre combines real historical facts with make-believe elements.
What is historical fiction?
Jeff Kinney is the author of these mega popular journal-style chapter books.
What are the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books?
Call numbers are located on this part of the book.
What is the spine?
You can find graphic novels in this section of the Dewey Decimal System.
A) 700s
B) 100s
C) 900s
What are the 700s?
Note- we keep ours in their own section.
This genre gives you TRUE information about a subject and helps you learn more.
What are nonfiction/informational books?
Mo Willems is both the author and illustrator of this popular series that stars two unlikely animal friends.
What are the Elephant and Piggie books?
This type of book will have a call number that begins with the letter E.
E
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What is the Everybody/Picture Book section?
In this section of the Dewey Decimal System, you can find biographies.
A) 720s
B) 620s
C) 920s
What are the 920s?
Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes an emotional response from the reader.
What is poetry?
What are The Baby-sitters Club books?
Call numbers for this section of the library begin with a series of numbers.
597.3
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What is the Nonfiction section?
Who is Melville Dewey?
A kind of story that gets passed on orally (through talking) from generation to generation.
What is a folktalke?
Eric Carle, born right here in Syracuse, is one of the most famous author/illustrators of all time and his most iconic book tells the story of an insect going through a VERY big change.
What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
What are the first 3 letters of the author's last name?