Dewey Decimal System
The creator of the Dewey Decimal System.
Who is Melvil Dewey?
This genre combines real, historical facts with make believe characters.
What is historical fiction?
This author writes the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Who is Jeff Kinney?
The part of a nonfiction book near the beginning that guides you to certain sections.
What is the table of contents?
The number and/or letters that identify where a book is located?
What is the call number?
The Dewey Decimal System organizes these types of books.
What are nonfiction books?
This genre is about mystical and enchanted things that could never happen in real life.
What is fantasy?
This author writes the Captain Underpants series.
Who is Dav Pilkey?
The part of a nonfiction book that defines words.
What is the glossary?
The part of the book that the call number is located on a book.
What is the spine?
The Dewey System uses this to organize the books?
What are numbers?
This genre tells a story that could be real.
What is realistic fiction?
This author writes the Harry Potter series.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
The part of a fiction story that tells where it takes place.
What is the setting?
The page in a fiction book that tells who the author has written the book for.
What is the dedication page?
The highest Dewey category are these numbers.
What are the 900s?
This genre keeps the reader guessing with clues and suspects.
What is mystery?
This author has a book on the Texas Bluebonnet List this year about people escaping difficult circumstances.
Who is Alan Gratz?
The main events of a fiction story.
What is the plot?
The page in a fiction book that has the title, author, and publisher printed on it.
What is the title page?
The largest nonfiction section of the Preston Library can be found in this number section.
What are the 500s?
This genre is fictional about what life might be like in the future, and may have alternate worlds.
What is science fiction?
This author won the Texas Bluebonnet award for his book The Last Kids on Earth.
Who is Max Brailler?
The list at the end of a nonfiction book that helps you locate specific things from the text.
What is the index?
The short summary on the back of the book.
What is a blurb?