Types of books
Fiction is _______
Nonfiction is ________
Fiction is fake, imaginary, made up stories (not real)
Nonfiction is informational, factual, real
Fiction books are in this order
ABC order by author's last name
I'm going on an international trip and I'd like to learn how to say please and thank you and where's the restroom. What category has books on languages (including English)?
400s
The 2nd part of a fiction call number
First 3 letters of the author's last name
A kid takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?
The Polar Express
True or false: Historical fiction can be found in the 900s with other history books
False
Nonfiction books are in this order
Dewey decimal system, in order by subject
My friend says they're funnier than me. I need jokes!
800s
Historical fiction
The winner of the 1994 Newbery Medal was ranked as the fourth best children's novel of all time by a 2012 US survey. What is this Lois Lowry-penned book which centers on protagonist Jonas's apprenticeship as his community's "Receiver of Memory?"
The Giver
This type of book can be fictional or nonfictional, and contains lots of images, with text in speech bubbles and frames showing action in the story.
Graphic novels
If I can't find what I want, I can look it up in the _____
Library catalog, DHCAT, library website
(COMPUTER is not enough information for this question-- you can't google it, you have to go to the library website to really search for something we have)
The Dewey Decimal system is all based around the number ___, which Melvil Dewey was pretty obsessed with
10
This genre contains scientific ideas and concepts that aren't currently known to be true. Time travel, aliens, futuristic books
Science fiction
The Bryant Park location of the NYPL features Patience and Fortitude, two large marble statues of what animal?
Lion
If you write a true book about your own life, it would be:
An autobiography
In our library, fiction is divided into to locations/sections. They are the ________ fiction and __________ fiction.
middle school and high school
What year was the DDS invented? (Closest guess(es) get the points)
1873
True or false: Poetry is shelved with fiction books
False - it's 811
The Imagination Library is a free children's book gifting program started by what famous singer in 1995?
Dolly Parton
This type of fiction looks like a chapter book but is written more like poetry-- it tells a story but with shorter sentences and lots of white space on the page
Novel in verse
Call number for biographies
921
What did the inventor of the Dewey Decimal system change his name to? (Hint: he was originally named Melville)
Melvil (he also shortened his last name Dewey to Dui for a while but he gave that up)
A genre that has characters and events that COULD be real in the author's current world, but AREN'T real.
The Library of Congress is the world's largest library. Guess how many items they own -- closest guess wins!
173 Million