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100

You are at an exciting part of your story and need to go eat dinner. What is the best and safest thing to use to save your page?

a bookmark or a flat piece of paper

100

How are fiction books usually arranged on the shelves in an elementary library?

Alphabetically by the author's last name.
100

It is time to return your library book so someone else can enjoy the adventure. Where is the correct place to put it?

Place it in the official library book-return spot or hand it directly to the librarian.





100

How many books can you check out each class?

2, plus additional books for class projects. 

200

You want to read your favorite library book while eating a sticky peanut butter snack and drinking juice. What should you do?

Finish your snack and wash your hands before opening the book, and keep it away from any food or drinks.
200

What is a "call number" on a library book, and what is its main job?

The address of the book that tells you exactly where it lives on the library shelf
200

What does the letter "E" usually stand for when it appears at the beginning of a call number?

Everybody

200

Created by author J.K. Rowling, who is the famous young orphan wizard with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead who attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

Harry Potter

300

You just brought home a great new picture book. Where is the safest place in your house to leave it when you aren't reading it so your puppy doesn't chew it?

Up high on a desk, bookshelf, or table where pets cannot reach.




300

Unlike fiction books, how are nonfiction books (true stories and information books) organized in most libraries?

By topics and numbers using the Dewey Decimal System
300

What is a biography section book all about?

A story written about a real person's life, written by someone else
300

What is it called when you go to the library desk to officially borrow a book and sign it out so you can take it home?

Checking out the book
400

When you are looking at the library shelves to pick a book, why should you use a shelf marker?

To hold the exact spot on the shelf so you remember where to put a book back if you don't want it.


400

If you need to find a specific book in the library on a computer instead of walking up and down every aisle, what system do you use?

The library catalog computer system. 

400

What is the main difference between a fiction book and a non-fiction book?

Fiction is a made-up story from the author's imagination, while non-fiction gives true facts and information.
400

If you are reading a non-fiction book about animals and you want to look up the definition of an unfamiliar word in the back of the book, which section should you turn to?

The glossary

500

Oh no! While you are reading, a page accidentally rips a little bit at the bottom. What is the right thing to do?

Tell the librarian honestly and let them fix it with special library tape.

500

If you are looking for a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book written by Jeff Kinney, what letters will be on the call number spine label?

F KIN

500

What is the outside edge of a book called—the part that faces out on the shelf and usually has the title and author's name printed on it?

The spine

500

In the famous book series by Mo Willems, who is Piggie’s best friend, a very dramatic and cautious gray animal?

Gerald the Elephant