Finding Books

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Finding Books
Come In
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Fiction Non-Fiction

• Fiction
• Imaginative Stories
• Non-Fiction
• True Accounts

• Fiction marked in F.
• Subjects marked in numbers.

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• FICTION books are arranged in ____________ order,
  according to the first three letters of the
  family name ( surname ) of the author.
• The fiction story has been made up by the author,
  so the authors name is very important.

alphabetical
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• Three letters are given so that if the first
  letter is the same, you can use the second letter
  to arrange the books in the order, or if the
  first two letters are the same, you can use the
  third letter.
• These letters lead you to the right place on the
  library shelves.

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Here are some authors names. Put these name in
alphabetical order
JAM
WHI
3
5
ELL
9
RAN
BEN
GRA
2
4
8
LEW
NOR
1
7
6
ALC
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Alphabetizing Book Titles

• The book is alphabetized according to its title.
• The first letter of the first word is used to
  alphabetize.
• A, an, and the at the beginning of a title are
  not in alphabetizing.

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Write these titles in alphabetical order

• Deer on the Arctic Tundra
• The Three Wishes
• Rockets and Rocketry
• A New Red Dress
• Science Is Fun

• Acting as a Profession
• Frankie the Lion
• An Orange Pocket
• The Spook House Mystery
• Dons New Pony

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Answer

• An orange Pocket
• Rocket and Rocketry
• Science Is Fun
• The Spook House Mystery
• The Three Wishes

• Acting as a Profession
• Deer on the Artic Tundra
• Dons New Pony
• Frankie the Lion
• A New Red Dress

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To find titles of the books which are placed on
shelves according to the authors

• first check the authors last name.
• If there are two authors with the same last name,
  check the first name.
• If the author has written more than one book,
  notice that the titles are in alphabetical order
  under his/her name.

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Circle the letter that determines the order.
Write these titles in proper order after you have
first decided the order of the authors.

• Grace Demarco, Ships of Yore
• Albert Dean, Our Flag
• Florence Nye, The Ducklings
• Luis Ortiz, Boy Scouts
• Grace Demarco, Sailing Ships
• Clyde Nakamoto, Africa

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Answer

• Author Title
• Albert Dean, Our Flag
• Grace Demarco, Sailing Ships
• Grace Demarco, Ships of Yore
• Clyde Nakamoto, Africa
• Florence Nye, The Ducklings
• Luis Ortiz, Boy Scouts

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This is the end!