Book Selection
Library Lingo
Book Care
Library Procedures
Surprise!
100

Books with an "E" on their spine label belong in this section of the library

What is the EASY Section?

100

This is the part of the book that you see when a book is on the shelf.

What is the Spine?

100

This is where you should keep your books at home so they are safe.

What is your backpack or someplace high (and dry!).

100

This is what you use to hold a place on the shelf while you look at a book.

What is a shelf marker?

100

This is what you call a person who draws pictures for a book.

What is the illustrator?

200

Books with "FIC" on the spine label belong in this section of the library.

What is the Fiction Section.

200

These are the kind of books that you can find in the non-fiction section. (HINT: what do they contain?)

What are informational, factual or true books.

200

This is what you should use to save your place in a book.

What is a bookmark?

200

This is how many books you can check out at one time.

What is 2?

200

This is the author of "Horton Hears a Who"

Who is Dr. Seuss?

300

This is how you can find out if a book is checked out.

What is ....ask Mrs. S .

300

These are the kind of books that you would find in the FIC - Fiction Section (be careful....how is this different than the "E" section?)

What are chapter books, stories that are made up and that have very few pictures?

300

This is what you should keep your books away from at home.

What is baby brothers or sisters, pets, food, drink.

300

This is what you should do when you have a question, but Mrs. S (or any other teacher) is talking.

What is raise your hand?

300

This is what SSR stands for.

What is Silent Sustained Reading?

400

This is how we put the books back after looking at them in library.

What is spine out and right side up?

400

These are three things that you can find on the title page of a book.

What are the: Title Author Illustrator Publisher (non-picture books)

400

This is how you should turn the pages of a book.

What is slowly, carefully from the corner. What happens if you turn a page from the side of a page? IT MIGHT RIP!! :(

400

This is where we sit during read-aloud story time.

What is on the floor with our legs crossed in front of our story-reader?

400

This is the rule you should follow when selecting a "just right" book - you read a page in a book and see if there are 5 words you can't say or don't understand.

What is the Five-Finger Rule?

500

This is how you can tell if a book is from the Non-Fiction Section (just by looking at the spine label)

What is ...there are numbers on the spine label?

500

This is what you call the number and/or letters on the spine label of a book (it's like the book's address)

What is the Call Number of the book - it's called Call Number even if it doesn't contain any Numbers.

500

This is what you should NEVER do around your books.

What is eat or drink?

500

This is what happens when you do not return books you have already checked out. (2 parts to the answer)

What is I can't check anymore out until they are returned and I could be charged a fine?

500

These are the names of 2 awards given to books each year. 

What is Newberry and Caldecott awards?