Looking for Books

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Looking for Books

• How to Browse the Shelves and Find a Great Book!

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What do you want to read today?

• A story
• Easy Books
• Fiction
• Story Collections
• A book of information
• Non-fiction

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What makes you look at a book?

• Appearance- what the book looks like
• Interesting title
• Its the kind you like to read- mystery or
  adventure or historical fiction
• Matches the information you need
• Illustrations
• Looks like one you can read

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Where do I browse?

• Reading for fun?
• Reading for information?
• Browse the shelves in Easy, Fiction or
  Non-fiction to match your needs.
• Use the Library Catalog to find out where to
  locate specific subjects.

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Can I read it?

• Use the five finger test

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The Five Finger Test

• 1.  Open the book to the middle.  Select a full
  page of text.   .
• 2.  Read the page (aloud if possible).   .
• 3.  Put one finger up for every word you cannot
  pronounce or do not know.  .
• 4.  If you get five ( 5 ) fingers up on one page,
  the book is too difficult to read
  independently.  .
• 5.  If you do not get any fingers up, but are
  reading very slowly and decoding almost every
  word, you will not enjoy the book.

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Here's the finger guide

• One Finger  This book is o.k. for you.
• Two Fingers  Still good.
• Three Fingers  Could be a bit hard for you to
  understand.
• Four Fingers  Will be too difficult to read and
  understand.
• Five Fingers  Choose another book.