Name that Genre
Calling All Call Numbers
Fact or _______
General Library
Know-how
Name that Genre 2
100

A Fictional genre that's main purpose is to make the reader laugh

What is Humor

100

First part of a call number that identifies the book as Fiction

What is F (or FIC)?

100

Books that are made up/contain information, events, places, and/or characters that are not real

What is fiction?

100

The name of a book & the name of the person who wrote the book

What is a title & author?

100

A fictional genre that's main purpose is to scare the reader

What is Horror

200

Fictional Genera that includes an element that could never happen in real life

What is Fantasy

200

Second part of a fictional call number that provides an order to this section

What is the first three letters of the author's last name?

200

Books that contain real information

What is Nonfiction? or What is Informational Books?

200

When a story is told over the course of more than book, these books are part of a ____________

What is a series

200

A fictional genre which focuses on love, dating, a relationship. Must have a happy ending

What is romance

300

A fictional genre that is realistic (could have happened in the real world but didn't), but takes place during an older era than it was written. May include real historical places, characters, or events

What is Historical Fiction

300

The calls number for The Diary of a Wimpy Kid written by Jeff Kinney

What is F KIN?

300

Books that don't tell one long story, but are instead made up of multiple, smaller stories

What is Short Stories?

300

Place where you can find a list of all of the books in a library collection

What is the catalog

300

A fictional genre with a puzzle or problem that must be solved before the end of the book

What is Mystery

400

Books that provide real information about a person's life, written by someone other than who the book is about

What is biography?

400

The Call Number for a fictional Graphic Novel

What is GRAPH _ _ _ (First 3 letters of Authors Last Name)?

400

Novels comprised of both pictures and words to tell the story

What are Graphic Novels?

400

List the 3 ways you can check if a book is available at the library

Check the catalog

Check the shelf (if you know the call number/where the book should be)

Ask the librarian

400

A fictional genre that could include a book about a student going to school and engaging in everyday life

What is Realistic Fiction

500

The "What if" fictional genre"

What is Science Fiction

500

Nonfiction books are organized by this ________________

What is the Dewey Decimal System? or What is the topic of the book? (i.e. "Natural Science", "Religion", "History of World War II")

500

Japanese comic/a graphic novel created in the Japanese style

What is manga?

500

List All 4 steps for accessing the BGA catalog online

Go to Bostongreenacademy.org

Click on "Life at BGA" tab

 Click on "Library" from the dropdown menu

Click on "BGA Catalog" button

500

Books that provide real information about a person's life, written by the person they are about

What is Autobiography?