Sunday is Remembrance Day, when we commemorate people who have fought and died in wars.
It is also Armistice Day, which celebrates the ending of the First World War (which officially ended at 11.00am on the 11th of November 1918).
Showing posts with label Information books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Information books. Show all posts
Friday, 9 November 2007
Remembrance Day
Monday, 5 November 2007
Bonfire Night
We hope you have a safe and careful Bonfire Night. Please take care around bonfires and fireworks. We want you to have fun, but we want to have you safe and sound tomorrow!
Monday, 29 October 2007
Hallowe'en fun
We've lots of spooky books for you to read this Hallowe'en...
Who loves a monster?
His ghoulfriend!
What's got twelve legs, three tails and one eye and smells horrible?
Three blind mice and half an old kipper!
Why do you always find demons and ghouls together?
Because demons are a ghoul's best friend!
Why was the witch late for the party?
She'd lost her witch-watch!
What happened when the ghoulie met the ghostie?
It was love at first fright!
Wednesday, 5 September 2007
What do those numbers on the information books mean?
These are called "class numbers".
Class numbers are useful because they tell us what the book's about (the subject). Every subject has its own class number (it's a sort of code, but we don't keep it a secret). We put the books on our shelves in number order, starting at 000 and ending in 999, to help you find what you're looking for -- all the books on dogs are in one place, the books on the weather in another place and joke books somewhere else.
Here's a few examples:
- Bats are J599.4
- Castles are J728.81
- Disasters are J904
- Dogs are J636.7
- Dreams are J154.634
- Maps and atlases are J912
- Pirates are J910.4
- Relationships are J301.41
- Tractors and diggers are J629.225
Don't worry: you don't have to learn all the numbers by heart (we haven't!)
Story books don't have class numbers. We put these books on our shelves in "author order" (authors are people who write books) starting with the people whose surnames begin with the letter A and ending with the people whose surnames begin with the letter Z.
What do you call a baby cat that works at the doctor's?
A first aid kit!
What's red and goes up and down?
A tomato in a lift!
What's green on top and yellow underneath?
Last week's custard!
"Would you like your pizza cut into six or four?"
"Just four, please. I don't think I could eat six!"
What howls at the moon in frilly knickers?
An underwearwolf!
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