How Fiction and Nonfiction
are placed on the shelf

Fiction books are put on the shelf in
alphabetical order by
the author's last name.

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  Let's pretend you wrote a book and your last name was Cleary.  If kids liked your book, they would want to read more of them, so by having your books in the same place it would make finding them a lot easier.

Difference
Between
FIC and NF

How FIC and NF
are shelved

Non-Fiction books are shelved by
their subject's category.

What is a call number?

L to R/
T to B

For example, if you wanted a book about cars, you would want them to be in the same area.  You wouldn't worry about the author, you would just want the facts about cars.

What does a
FICTION
call number
look like?

What does a
NONFICTION
call number
look like?

Fiction and non-fiction books are shelved this way so you can easily find
the book of your choice.

If they weren't shelved this way,
libraries would be in total chaos !

Turn the page to learn what a call number is.