This type of book is made up by the author and tells a story.
What is fiction?
100
The way fiction is shelved.
What is alphabetical order by author?
100
A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.
What is a mystery?
200
The outside of the book.
What is the cover?
200
A book of maps.
What is an atlas?
200
This type of book gives information about a topic.
What is nonfiction?
200
A book by Andrew Clements would be found in this letter.
What is C?
200
A story including elements that are impossible, such as talking animals or magical powers.
What is a fantasy?
300
A list of the chapters in the book, that is found near the beginning.
What is the Table of Contents?
300
A multi-volume set of books that gives lengthy information on all sorts of topics, like places and famous people.
What is an encyclopedia?
300
These fiction books are short and have lots of illustrations.
What are Easy books (or picture books)?
300
These books are shelved by the last name of the person they are about.
What are biographies?
300
A story using made up characters but could happen in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
400
The part of the book that is facing you on the library shelves.
What is the spine?
400
A book that is published every year, that lists brief facts on all sort of topics. For example, you could find a list of all the winners of the Super Bowl in this book.
What is an almanac?
400
These are longer fiction books that have few illustrations.
What are chapter books?
400
The label on the bottom of the spine that tells you where the book should be shelved.
What is the call number?
400
A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past.
What is historical fiction?
500
An alphabetical list at the end of a book that tells you on what page to find information about a topic.
What is the index?
500
A book of synonyms (words that mean the same thing).
What is a thesaurus?
500
These are books all about one person.
What are biographies?
500
The name of the system used to shelve nonfiction books.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
500
A type of fantasy that uses science and technology (robots, time machines, etc...).