Simple Library
What is a call number for?
The label/sticker that is on the spine of a book and helps you to know where the book should be located.
What is the desk called where you check books out?
Circulation Desk
What is a fable?
A short story that has been retold for generations. It usually involves animals and teaches a moral or a lesson.
What is a biography?
A story written about a person's life written by another author.
How are books organized in the Non-ficiton section of the library?
They are put in the dewey decimal system.
What section can I find a book about Easter in our library?
In the Nonl-fiction section specifically in the Holiday section.
If I want to read a book that has more pictures than words, and looks like a comic strip what section would I find it in?
In the Graphic Novel section.
What kind of story has space travel and aliens from other planets in it?
Science fiction
I would like to read about WWI and where the battles occured. What section would I find this book?
The informational section or nonfiction section in the 900's.
The book I have been waiting for is never in the library. How can I get it faster?
I can ask Mrs. Sluga for a hold list for the book that I am waiting for.
Why do I have to find my card to check a book out from the library?
The cards have a barcode on them which is your SIS number only assigned to you, that tells the computer who you are. The barcode on the book is for that specific book.
What is an Atlas book used for?
It is a book of maps that tells you where things are located.
What type of book has boy, who likes to go to school and one day he steals a piece of candy and gets caught by the teacher?
Realistic Fiction
What genre of book is about Jackie Robinson and how he loved to play baseball? He writes about how he wasn't allowed to play in the major leagues until they changed the rule about African Americans.
Auto Biography
How do the books get put away every week, and who puts all the stickers on the books?
2 part question for full points.
The librarian has to put them away in order so they get put in the correct place.
When there are new books she has to enter all the information about the book into the computer and put the correct stickers on the books so students can find them.
How do I find the Spanish books?
Spanish books in our library have a blue sticker on them. They are located in the non-fiction section for real and by the entrance for easy and fiction.
What are the 6 traditional literature genres?
Fairy tale, Folk tale, Tall tale, Fables, Myths and Legends.
What genre would have a story that takes place in the past with a made up character?
Historical Fiction
What is the difference between a biography and a autobiography?
A biography is written about a person's life, by someone else.
An autobiography is written about a person's life and they wrote themself.
What am I supposed to do if I am not checking a book out?
Get a book of one of the carts that have returned books on them and sit and read quietly.
What if I don't like to read fantasy books?
Try a different genre or read about something real that interests you.
If there is more than one book with the same name or characters in them what is that called?
A series of books. such as Harry Potter, Spirit animals, or written by the same author like I survived.
What are the differences between the genres historical fiction and realistic fiction?
Historical fiction is about something that really happened in the past with a made up character to tell part of the story.
Realistic fiction is a story about something that can happen today with no magic, or history.
What is in an informational book that helps you find the chapter you are looking for or a page number you need?
Table of contents or the index give page numbers in an informational book.
What are the 5 expectations of being in library during school?
Walk in quietly and get seated
Participate respectively/ be a good listener
Treat the books appropriately
Push in your chair and lineup quietly