Dewey Challenge
Who set up the system to organize books in a library?
Who was Melvil Dewey?
What do we call our section of picture books?
What is E for Everyone?
What is the official term for borrowing a book from the library?
What is "Check Out"?
What is a book about the life of a real person called?
What author writes mysteries based in a fictional Zoo Park named Fun Jungle?
Who is Stuart Gibbs?
What is Melvil's system of organization called?
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
What does the "J" on our spine labels tell you?
The book is on the elementary side of the library.
What is the official name for the area where you take out books?
What is the Circulation Desk?
What is Historical Fiction?
What name do librarians call an illustrated comic book with a plot?
What is a graphic novel?
Dewey picked numbers to label books in categories and all books will have books between a start and ending number. What were those two numbers?
What are 0 and 1000 ( or 1 and 999)?
Where are the Easy Reader Chapter books located?
Where is on the spinning racks?
What do you call the money you pay the library when you return a book late?
What genre of book might have dragons or aliens in it?
What is science fiction/fantasy?
What is a prequel?
What is "The story BEFORE the story"?
Name one type of fiction book that's placed in the non-fiction section
Possible answers:
Folktales; poetry;plays; short stories; jokes & riddles
Before J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy, he wrote this first book about the ring. Name the first book.
What is "The Hobbit"?
What is the name of our electronic card catalog?
What is Destiny?
What type of book might have a detective and suspects in it?
What is a Mystery?
Name the 4 sections of fiction in our library.
E for Everyone; Middle Fiction; Junior Fiction;
High School Fiction
Give an example of a topic of book that would be in the 500's section.
Math; science; weather; plants; dinosaurs; wild animals; insects; birds
In what section of our library are the encyclopedias found?
What is the Reference section?
How many "families" did Melvil divide his Dewey Decimal system into?
What is 10?
What genre is a book called that someone writes about themselves?
What is an autobiography?
Which medal is given annually to the best kids' chapter book?
What is the Newbery Award?