| A | B |
|---|
| nonfiction | Books that contain true facts and information |
| bibliography | a list of books and websites used for research |
| Caldecott Award | An award given to a book for its outstanding illustrations |
| table of contents | a list of chapters in a book and the page they start on |
| encyclopedia | A set of books or online site with in-depth articles |
| Dewey Decimal System | invented by Melvil Dewey to put books in subject order |
| Atlas | a book of maps |
| title page | a page in a book that lists the title, author and publisher |
| Dewey Decimal number | a number found on the spine of nonfiction book |
| illustrator | the person who draws the pictures for a book |
| publisher | the company that makes the book |
| dictionary | a book with definitions of words, in alphabetical order |
| index | a list of subjects and page numbers in the back of a book |
| biography | a book with true information about a person's life |
| author | the person who writes the book |
| almanac | a book or website with up-to-date facts and statistics |
| Newbery Award | an award given to an author for an outstanding story |
| fiction | a book that tells a story and is not true. Fiction is Fake! |
| copyright year | the year a book is published and found on the back of the title page |
| Fiction shelves | Books are put in order by the author's last name... ABC order. |
| Nonfiction shelves | Books are put in number order and sorted by their subject |
| Fantasy fiction | A story with animals that talk and magical events |
| Historical fiction | The setting and characters occur in a past time or in the "olden days" |
| Mystery fiction | a story with a puzzling event centered around solving a crime or investigation |
| Science fiction | a story that tells about the technology of the future or in a different world |
| Realistic fiction | a story that takes place in modern times with characters doing things that could really happen |
