Mrs. NeellyLibrarian

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Mrs. Neelly/Librarian
Finding Books in the Library
by
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Finding Fiction Books
Finding fiction books on the shelf is like
looking up names in the phone book.
Hello
Hello
Hello
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Fiction Call Letters
Can you tell what part of the authors name is
used to put fiction books in order?
The Boxcar Children
Lions at Lunchtime
By Gertrude Chandler Warner
By Mary Pope Osborne
F OSB
F WAR
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Thats Right!
Fiction call letters are found by using the first
three letters of the authors last name.
Captain Underpants
By Dav Pilkey
F PIL
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Take a Quiz
1. Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown.
F FLA
F BRO
F JEF
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Question 2
2. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.
F CAR
F HOO
F HIA
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Oops!
Fiction books are in order by the first three
letters of the authors last name.
Try Again!
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Oh Well!
Fiction books are in order by the first three
letters of the authors last name.
Try Again!
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Question 3
3. The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy
Rathmann.
F RAT
F PEG
F DAY
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Rats!
Fiction books are in order by the first three
letters of the authors last name.
Try Again!
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Question 4

• 4. Matilda by Roald Dahl.

F ROA
F MAT
F DAH
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Keep Trying!
Fiction books are in order by the first three
letters of the authors last name.
Try Again!
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Question 5
5. How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long.
F LON
F MEL
F PIR
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Oops!
Go back and read the 100-199 section of the Dewey
Decimal System chart.
Try Again!
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Oh Well!
Go back and read the 600-699 section of the Dewey
Decimal System chart.
Try Again!
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Too Bad!
Fiction books are in order by the first three
letters of the authors last name.
Try Again!
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Way to Go!
Fiction books are in ABC order on the bookshelf
by the first three letters of the authors last
name.
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Book Shelves
Can you tell what book would come first on the
bookshelf?
F LIN
F RIE
F PAN
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Oops!
Fiction books are placed on the shelf in ABC
order by the first three letters of the authors
last name.
Try Again!
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Try This!
See if can click on which book is out of order.
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Oh Well!
Fiction books are placed on the shelf in ABC
order by the first three letters of the authors
last name.
Try Again!
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Want to Try Again?
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Rats!
Fiction books are placed on the shelf in ABC
order by the first three letters of the authors
last name.
Try Again!
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Cant Get Enough?
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Keep Trying!
Fiction books are placed on the shelf in ABC
order by the first three letters of the authors
last name.
Try Again!
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One More Time?
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Too Bad!
Fiction books are placed on the shelf in ABC
order by the first three letters of the authors
last name.
Try Again!
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Wow!
You did a great job putting fiction books in ABC
order. Now its time to learn how nonfiction
books are put in order on the bookshelf.
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Nonfiction Call Numbers
How are these nonfiction books put in order?
The Mix-it-Up-Cookbook By Tracy McGuinness 
Stars Planets By David H. Levy
500
600
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Thats Right!
Nonfiction books are arranged by numbers.
Album of Horses By Margurite Henry
600
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Melville Dewey
Arranging books by number was the great idea of
Melville Dewey. He was a librarian who wanted to
make nonfiction books easy to find.
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More About Melville Dewey
He decided that books on the same subject should
all be together. Way to go Melville Dewey!
Fruit
Sports
Pets
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Try it!
See if you can guess the right Dewey Decimal
Number for this book.
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Too Bad!
Go back and read the 200-299 section of the Dewey
Decimal System chart.
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Question 2
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Oops!
Go back and read the 900-999 section of the Dewey
Decimal System chart.
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Question 3
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Rats!
Go back and read the 600-699 section of the Dewey
Decimal System chart.
Try Again!
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Question 4
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Keep Trying!
Go back and read the 800-899 section of the Dewey
Decimal System chart.
Try Again!
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Question 5
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Too Bad!
Go back and read the 000-099 section of the Dewey
Decimal System chart.
Try Again!
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Excellent!
You have done a great job of figuring out fiction
call numbers, arranging fiction books on the
shelves, and learning about the Dewey Decimal
System!
Now try it for real!
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Try it Out!
Find a fiction book on the shelf all by yourself!
See if you can find one of these

• The Candy Corn Contest by Patricia Reilly Giff.
• Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peaky Spying by
  Barbara Park.
• Arthur Accused by Marc Brown.

Good Luck!
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Want More?
Try finding one of these nonfiction books on the
shelf.

• Mako Sharks by Sarah Palmer (500)
• Antarctic Antics A Book of Penguin Poems by Judy
  Sierra. (800)
• Florida by Paul Joseph. (900)

Nice Job!