Genre
Research Books
Call Numbers
Library Terms
Parts of a Book
100
This genre of book contains a puzzle or crime that needs to be solved.
What is a mystery?
100
This type of research book contains maps and facts about places.
What is an atlas?
100
This is the call number be for a picture book by Eric Litwin.
What is E LIT?
100
The two main types of books in the Library.
What is Fiction and Non-fiction?
100
This is the part of the book that keeps it together. It should always be facing out when a book is on a shelf.
What is the spine?
200
This is a book that contains a made-up story that could happen. It occurs in the present day.
What is realistic fiction?
200
This is a book I would use if I wanted to find the definition of the word, "genre."
What is a dictionary?
200
This is the call number for a book about Barak Obama's life?
What is B or BIO OBA?
200
This is the term used for the person who creates artwork in a book.
What is the illustrator?
200
This is place where the call number is located.
What is the spine label?
300
This is a fiction book that occurs in another time period.
What is historical fiction?
300
If I was writing a story, and I wanted to find another word that means the same as "interesting," which book would I use?
What is a thesaurus?
300
A fiction book has a combination of letters on its spine label. A non-fiction book has a combination of these on its spine label.
What are numbers and letters?
300
This award is given each year for the best book of children's literature in the U.S.
What is the Newbery Award?
300
If I wanted to find the definition of a word in a non-fiction book, this is where I would look.
What is the glossary?
400
This is the genre of a chapter book that contains magic.
What is fantasy?
400
This is a book or online resource that contains facts, pictures, and other information on a wide variety of topics. It is arranged alphabetically.
What is an encyclopedia?
400
A call number for a chapter book by Gordon Korman.
What is FIC KOR?
400
This award is given to an illustrator each year.
What is the Caldecott Medal?
400
This where I will find the chapters listed.
What is the contents?
500
This type of book might include time travel or a technology that hasn't been invented.
What is science fiction?
500
A new version of this book is published each year, and it contains facts and information about events that occurred during that particular year.
What is an almanac?
500
The number that the call number for an animal book STARTS with.
What is 5?
500
The system used to categorize Non-fiction books in our Library.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
500
If I want to find a certain topic and the page it is located in a non-fiction book, this is where I would look.
What is the index?