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| autobiography | A book about a person's life written by that person. |
| newspaper | Paper printed weekly or daily which contains news, features, opinions and advertising. |
| Illustrator | The person who creates the artwork or drawings for a gook. |
| librarian | An organized professional who helps people with books and other informational materials. |
| quiet | What you need to be in the library so that others can read and work. |
| author | The person who writes the book. |
| publisher | The company that prints and distributes a book. |
| Newbery Award | An award givineach year to the most distinguished American children's book. |
| glossary | A list of words with definitions located in the back of the book. |
| fiction | A story from the author's imagination. |
| database searches | Computer searches for information on a topic. |
| due date | The date that materials need to be returned to the library. |
| chec-out | Where one checks out library books. |
| magazines | A periodical containing articles, stories, editorials and poems. |
| library | A place that lends books and other media to people for reading and research. |
| card catalog | A filing system used in many libraries as a tool to look up the location of a book. |
| dictionary | A book that provides spelling, pronounciation and definition of words. |
| biography | A book about a person's life. |
| thesaurus | A book containing synonyms and antonyms |
| reference books | Books such as dictionaries and encyclopedias that help you research different topics. |
| call number | The numbers used to find a book on the library shelf. |
| title | The name of a book. |
| copyright date | The date that an author was granted the legal right to publish the book. |
| spine | The part of the book that keeps the pages together and has the call number. |
| periodicals | Another name for magazines and newspapers. |
| almanac | A gook that contains general information arranged by days, weeks, months or years. |
| atlas | A collection of maps and geographic information. |
| Library of Congress | The largest library in the world. |
| Caldecott Award | An award given each year to the most distinguished children's book illustrations. |
| Dewey Decimal System | An organized number system to find different types of books in the library. |
| nonfiction | A true or informational book that helps a person gather knowledge on a subject. |
| bibliography | A list that an author uses to give credit to ideas or words that are not his or her own. |
