1. Library Scavenger Hunt
How to find a Book:
Look on the Spine Label for the Call Letters or Call Numbers
Hint: Whatever is written on the item first when you look it up in the computer, is what you look for on the shelf. F
GOR F
GIF
398.2
AND

2. Fiction—“fake” made-up stories or novels
Library Scavenger Hunt
Fiction—“fake” made-up stories or novels
F SWI (first 3 letters of the author’s last name)
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift F
SWI F
SWI
HINT: If you know the author, you shouldn’t have to look up the call letters….

3. NONfiction—NOT fake-------information books
Library Scavenger Hunt
NONfiction—NOT fake information books
567.9 MOO (Dewey # plus the first 3 letters of the author’s last name) Dinosaurs by Tom Moore
567.9
MOO
567.9
MOO
Fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and mythology are in the nonfiction section of the library (even though they are fiction). Why? We’d have to ask Mr. Dewey……

4. Reference--encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs
Library Scavenger Hunt
Reference--encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs
REF 031 WOR
World Book Encyclopedia

5. Periodical--magazines & newspapers
Library Scavenger Hunt
Periodical--magazines & newspapers
(They are supposed to be in alphabetical order but usually don’t stay that way…)

6. Library Scavenger Hunt
Story Collection--group of stories in one book (scary stories, science fiction stories etc.
SC POE Scary stories of Edgar Allan Poe SC
POE

7. Biography—a book about a certain person
Honest
Abe
Library Scavenger Hunt B
LIN
Biography—a book about a certain person
B LIN (first three letters of the last name of the person the book is about, i.e. Abraham Lincoln)

8. Library Scavenger Hunt
Biography Collection
A book with biographical information about several people, such as different presidents.
BC BOR BC
BOR BC
BOR

9. Library Scavenger Hunt
Career—books with info about jobs, educational requirements, occupational outlooks
CAR
363.2
CAS
CAR CAS
Law Enforcement by Ruben Castillo
CAR
363.2
CAS

10. Texas--books about the Great State of Texas
Library Scavenger Hunt
Texas--books about the Great State of Texas
TX F HIN
TX B CRO
TX KRU TX
796.33
KRU TX
796.33
KRU

11. Spanish—books in Spanish or bilingual
Library Scavenger Hunt
Spanish—books in Spanish or bilingual
SP F PAU Hermanas by Gary Paulson SP 811 GON Poemas by Lori Gonzalez
SP SC SOT Las Cuentas by Gary Soto
SP B CIS Henry Cisneros SP
784
MAR

13. Scavenger Library Hunt
Follow your library rules!!!
Leave a shelf marker in place of the book, then carry the book with you.
Shelf Marker
The first group to find all eleven items or that has the most books when time is up, wins.
Look for the Lord of the Rings Bookmarks.