Parts of a Book
What is the table of contents?
The list of chapters at the beginning of the book.
What type of book takes place in the past?
Historical fiction
What is fiction?
It is a made-up story
What are the four types of searches you can do in the computer catalog?
Title, author, subject and keyword.
Where do you find the picture books?
In the Easy section
What is the spine label?
The number (or letters) that tells the address of the book, it is located on the spine.
What type of book has an imaginary or made up setting?
Fantasy or Fairy tale
What is non fiction?
It is a factual book.
What are two things that you can do when you log in to Destiny Discover?
Write a recommendation, find out which books you have checked out, put a book on hold, search for titles you are interested in checking out.
Where do the chapter books live?
In the fiction section of the library.
What is the Glossary?
A small dictionary of special or unusual words used in the book.
What type of book takes place in the future?
Science fiction
What is another word for the name of a book?
Title
Who was Melvil Dewey?
American Librarian who developed the Dewey Decimal System.
What are the three main sections of the library?
Easy, Fiction and Non fiction.
What is the index?
Alphabetical list of topics in a book.
Which genre allows you to see inside a person's life from their own point of view, not someone else's?
Autobiography
What is a biography?
The story of a person's life.
What is the Caldecott Award?
The Award for the best picture book of the year.
How are the non fiction books organized?
The Dewey Decimal System.
What four things must always be on the front or back of the TITLE page?
Title, Author, Publisher, and copyright date.
Which genre has a rhythm or a beat?
Poetry
What is a bibliography?
A list of books.
Name at least two library events that take place in the Lower School.
Battle of the books, Rooster Games, Book Festival, Mock Caldecott.
Who reads the books to classes and spends most of her time in the library?
Mrs. Lenihan