1. Learn the Library!
 Goals of the Library Media Center
StAIR:
Demonstrate knowledge of the
arrangement of the media center
Identify specific parts of a book and the
information included in each part

2. Information
Your task is to identify the four
different areas of our media
center and explain what is
found in each area.
You will identify the following
five parts of a book: spine,
cover, author, illustrator and
title.

3. Gunnisonville Library
The Library at Gunnisonville Elementary
School is arranged in four sections*:
 Easy (Picture Books) Fiction
 Fiction (Chapter Books)
 Non-fiction (Information Books)
 Biography
*most have a reference section too; ours is in a different room

4. Examples of books from each
section
Picture book Chapter book
Non-fiction Biography
(Information)

5. Parts of a book
Each book in the library has many parts. You will
learn five parts and words today:
 spine
 cover
 author
 illustrator
 title

6. The spine of a book
 The spine of a book is the part that you
see when the book is on the shelf, and
other books are along side your book.
 The spine of a book helps hold your book
together and keep it strong just like the
spine in your body does!

7. Here is one human spine and
four book spines

8. What part of the book is
the spine?
 The spine is on the front of
the book
 There isn‟t usually a spine
in picture books
 The spine is the part that
shows when the book is
on the shelf
 The spine can be where
ever the librarian wants it
to be

9. Oops! Read this again and
then answer the question
 Thespine of a book is the part that you see
when the book is on the shelf, and other books
are along side your book.
Click here to
Try again!

10. Hip! Hip! Hurray!
You are
correct.
Excellent!

11. The cover of a book
 Thecover is the pages
outside of a book.
There is usually a s
Front
Cover
front cover, a p
i
back cover, and n
the part in e
between them
called the spine.

12. Here‟s the cover of some
picture books that are very
popular

13. What part is the cover?
 The cover is inside the
book
 The cover is the outside
of the book
 The cover is in the back
of the book
 The cover is the
wrapping on the book
at the store

14. OOPS!
Read this again . . .
 Thecover is the
outside of a book. s
There is usually a p
Cover
i
front cover, a n
(front)
back cover, and e
the part in
between them
called the spine.

15. Hurray! That‟s it!!
You answered
correctly.
Good job!

16. Table of contents
This is an
example of
a table of
contents in a
book.

17. Other pages you know . . .
 The Table of Contents is at the beginning
of a book
 If there is an index, it is at the back of the
book
 A glossary is at the back of the book too,
and tells you what words in the book
mean.

18. This is an index from a book. It
is a lot like a table of contents
 Theindex tells you
what pages you find
each topic or subject
on

19. Glossary
A glossary gives
the
definitions of
The words used
in the book

20. Who is the author? The
author is the person who
writes the story.
 The author writes the words of a story.
Sometimes the author draws the pictures too –
then you say the person is the author and
illustrator. The author always writes the words.

21. The author writes the words
of the story
Marc Brown is
the author of
this Arthur
book. He
wrote the
words of the
stories.

22. What does the author do?
•The author is the person who reads the story in
the library
•The author draws signs on billboards around town
•The author writes the words of the story
•The author draws the pictures, but doesn’t write
any words
Click on your choice to answer

23. AWESOME!
You know the author
writes the words of
the story. Good job!

24. Good try . . . read this . . .
 Theauthor is the person that writes
the story. (The person that draws
the pictures is called the Illustrator.)
 Theperson that writes the words of
the story is the author.
Click here to try
answering

25. The Illustrator draws the
pictures the person that draws the pictures in
The illustrator is
in a book.
a story book.
Sometimes there are pictures on every page, and
they tell a big part of the story.
The person that draws them is the illustrator.

26. The Illustrator draws the
pictures
This book is illustrated
by
Tony DiTerlizzi
(He won an award
for the drawings!)

27. What does the Illustratorthe book
illustrator is the person that buys do?
 The
 The illustrator mails the book to people who
order it.
 The illustrator writes the story.
 The illustrator draws the pictures in the story.
Click on a choice to
advance.

28. BRAVO!
You know
what an
illustrator
does.
Way to go!

29. Oops! Read this again -
The illustrator is the person that draws
the pictures in a story book.
Sometimes there are pictures on every
page, and they tell a big part of the
story.
Sometimes there are just a few pictures.
The person that draws them is the
illustrator.
Click here to
answer

30. The title is the name of the
story.
 The title is usually on the front cover of
the book and on the spine.
 The title is on a page called The Title
Page right before the beginning of the
story.
 Authors usually choose the title for their
book, since they write the words!

31. The title (name) of this book is
The Spider and the Fly
(this is a picture of the front cover)

32. What is a title?
 The title is the name of the story
 The title is the name of the person who
wrote the story
 The title doesn‟t show up on the cover or
the spine of the book
 The title is the wrapping at the store
Click on choice to answer

33. Great Work!!

34. You have learned five
book parts and words
about books!
 The spine
 The cover
 The author
 The illustrator
 The title

35. Congratulations!
This is the end of part one.
Give yourself a pat on the back and
a “round” of library applause!
Take a break and tell your classmates and
teacher what you learned today, then you
will be ready to start section two.
Start part 2

36. Oops! Read again to learn
about the title:
 The title is the name of the story
 Thetitle is on a page called The Title
Page right before the beginning of
the story.
 The title is usually on the front cover
of the book and on the spine.
Click here to
answer this
question

37. Now it‟s time to talk about the
parts of your library!
The library in your school is arranged in four
sections:
 Easy (Picture Books) Fiction
 Fiction (Chapter Books)
 Non-fiction (Information Books)
 Biography

38. Picture Book Section
The first
section is
called Picture
Books. This
section is
fiction.

39. Picture Books
 Picture books use illustrations (pictures) to
tell lots of the story.
 The illustrations in picture books
sometimes tell different parts of the story
than the words do.
 Illustrations are very, very important in
picture books. Sometimes they are even
more important than the words!
 Picture books are „made-up‟ stories from
the authors‟ imagination.

40. Picture book example
 This
is a made-up
story with lots of
pictures. The
pictures are a very
important part of
the story.

41. •
Be sure to choose the BEST answer!
~ What is a picture book?
A picture book has illustrations in it.
 A picture book tells part of the story with
pictures.
 Sometimes the illustrations aren‟t
important in a story.
 All of the answers are right.
 None of the answers are right.
Click the choice that is the BEST answer

42. Please read this and try
again . . .
 Picture books use illustrations (pictures) to tell lots
of the story.
 Illustrations are very, very important in picture
books. Sometimes they are even more
important than the words!
 Picture books are „made-up‟ stories from the
authors‟ imagination.
Click for
question

43. You know it!
 All
three of the first
answers are
correct – that
means the forth
choice is the BEST
one.
 Very, very good!

44. Chapter Book Section
Another
section is
called
Chapter
Books. This
section is
fiction.

45. Chapter Books
 Chapter Books usually have more words
than picture books, and fewer pictures.
 In chapter books, the words are more
important for the story than the pictures
are.
 Chapter books usually have more words
on each page than picture books do,
and the story is long.
 Chapter books are „made-up‟ stories
(fiction).

46. What is a chapter book?
Pick the best answer by clicking on it.
 Chapter books are real stories, not „made-up‟
stories.
 Chapter books usually don’t have more words
than picture books.
 Chapter books have mostly words.
 Chapter books are never hardback

47. WOW!
Bravo!
Good job
You are
brilliant!
Way to go!

48. Non-fiction (Information)
Section
The third
section is Non-
Fiction Books
(also called
Information
Books)

49. Non-Fiction / Information
Books
 Non-Fiction (Information) books are
stories that tell about things that are real.
 Non-Fiction books have real places and
real things in them.
 Non-Fiction can be about people, about
places, about things – they can be
history, or geography, crafts, sports,
weather, science fair projects, even
dinosaurs . . .

50. Read this to practice
 Non-Fiction (Information) books are
stories that tell about things that are
real.
 Non-Fiction can be about people,
about places, about things – they can
be history, or geography, crafts, sports,
weather, science fair projects, even
dinosaurs . . .
Click to answer

51. What is the best answer for
non-fiction?
Non-fiction is pretend, or made-
up (make-believe)
Real information is found in non-
fiction
Non-Fiction can be about
people, about places, or about
things
Click the best answer choice

52. Awesome answer!
You rock!

53. Biography Section
 Thefourth section is
called
Biographies.
Biographies are
a kind of non-fiction.

54. Biographies
 Biographies are about real people.
 Biographies tell about the life of a person that
lived in the past or even one that lives now.
 Biographies are true, and they are about real
people, not made-up characters.

55. Biography example
Thisis a
biography
about a real
person. (Michael
Jordon)

56. What is a Biography?
A book about a real person‟s life.
 Something made-up and imaginary.
 It
tells definitions or words but doesn‟t tell
about people.
Click on the best answer above

57. You answered
correctly.
Now you may go on
to the next slide.
Click here to go to the next slide

58. You have learned about:
The arrangement of the library and the
books in each section: picture books
(fiction), chapter books (fiction), non-
fiction, and biographies
 Title, Spine, Cover, and Author, and
Illustrator

59. Keep up the good work!
 When you come to
the library next time,
you‟ll know where to
look for each type of
book.
 You‟ll be able to find
the books you want
too, by knowing
where to look!

60. You have reached the end
of this StAIR
 Watch for more StAIRs to help you learn the
library!
Ilook forward to hearing from you and working
with you again soon.
Send me a note! I‟ll write back to you.
Mrs. Curl
© claudette curl, 2003