Checking Out
Library Programs
Areas of the Library
Awards
This and That
100
The number of books you can check out on a normal day
What is 3?
100
You get this for turning in a McDonald's Reading Form.
What is a Happy Meal?
100
Books with an "F" on their call number
What is fiction?
100
This award is named after a writer from Kansas and features categories for grades 3-5 and grades 6-8.
What is the William Allen White award?
100
The North Fairview librarian's name
What is Mrs. Patton?
200
The item you use to mark the place of a book on a shelf when you are looking for books
What is a shelf marker?
200
Students in grades 2-6 can complete this program by reading 12 or 24 books by April 1
What is the KU Children's Reading Program?
200
Books with a yellow dot on their spine
What is junior fiction?
200
This award for the best picture book in Kansas is named after an author from our state.
What is the Bill Martin Jr. award?
200
North Fairview typically has two of these each year where books can be purchased in our library
What is a book fair?
300
The day of the week we check out books from the North Fairview library
What is Wednesday/Thursday/Friday? (depending on the class!)
300
2 of the 5 genres required for the KU Children's Reading Program
What are poetry, history/places, fiction, biography, and folk & fairy tales? (pick 2!)
300
Picture books are in this section
What is easy or everybody?
300
This award is given every January in the United States for a book with outstanding illustrations
What is the Caldecott Medal?
300
We earn these for leaving the library neat and lining up quietly
What are popcorn points?
400
The two things we scan to check out a book.
What are our library card and the book's barcode?
400
The type of books you read to earn a special bookmark for the KU Children's Reading Program
What is zoology?
400
This type of book may have a blue dot on the spine for the easier to read version or just a number for the call number for the more difficult books.
What is nonfiction?
400
This award is given every January to the best book for children in the United States.
What is the Newbery Medal?
400
This contest is for grades 3-6 to show knowledge about a list of books provided by Mrs. Patton
What is the Battle of the Books?
500
The length of time we can keep a book checked out before it goes on the overdue list.
What is 2 weeks?
500
Students who complete all the years of the KU Reading Program earn this.
What is a patch?
500
This area contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other informational books.
What is reference?
500
The month Kansans vote for the William Allen White award.
What is April?
500
Our new library para
Who is Mrs. Baldwin?