Finding Children’s Books in the Library
Informational books are arranged by subject. These non-fiction books have a number on the spine so all books on a subject are together on the shelf. This is a guide to some of the Dewey Decimal numbers.
| x000 x029 x031 x100 x133 x200 x220 x282 x290 x292 x300 x323 x325 x236 x328 x384.6 x398 x400 x419 x423 x428 x500 x500 x510 x520 x523 x551 x568 x570 x590 x591.92 x595 x597 x598 x598.1 x600 x608 x612 x613 x621 x629 x629.13 x636 x639 x641 x656 x700 x741 x747 x78, x780 x791 x793 x796 x800 x808 x808.8 x811 x900 x910.9 x912 x92 x920 x930 x940-x999 x970 xx973-x979 x979 |
GENERAL INFORMATION How to Write a Report Encyclopedias, Guinness Book of World Records PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY “True” Ghost Stories & other Scary Stuff, Astrology RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY Bible and Bible stories Saints Religions of the World Mythology PEOPLE AND SOCIETY Civil Rights Immigrant Experiences African American History U.S. Government Internet Information Folk and Fairy Tales (ask for special shelf location) LANGUAGES AND DICTIONARIES Sign Language English Dictionaries Spelling, Word books PURE SCIENCE & EXPERIMENTS Science Projects (also throughout the 500’s) Math and Numbers Astronomy Planets, Aliens, Extraterrestrials Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weather Dinosaurs Ecosystems (Rainforests, Deserts) Wild Animals (Mammals) Sea Life Insects Amphibians, Sharks, Fish Birds Reptiles SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Inventions Human Body, Sex Education Fitness, Drugs, Alcohol Computers, Robots, Energy Cars and Trucks Airplanes and Space Travel Pets Endangered Animals Cooking Trains ART, MUSIC AND RECREATION Drawing, Cartooning Crafts, Origami Music Movies, Television Magic, Riddles, Dance, Parties Sports and Athletes LITERATURE Jokes, Collected Stories and Poems Holidays (ask for special shelf location) Poetry HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Explorers Maps and Atlases Biographies and Autobiographies Biographies of many people in one book Ancient History, Mummies, Pyramids Countries of the World Native Americans U.S. History and State books California History, Missions |
What about books without a number?
Fiction books (stories and works of imagination) are shelved by the author’s last name.The fiction sections are separate from the non-fiction section.
| xz xz IR |
PICTURE BOOKS INDEPENDENT READERS |
Books for beginning readers
| x xy xM xSF |
FICTION (Chapter Books) Includes: Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction |
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materials in other languages.
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materials in other languages.
If you need more help, please ask the Librarian.