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>Can anyone give me a definition of a "fairy tale" that will adequately >explain to primary children why they are classified as 398.2, instead of >filed under "E" as are the rest of the picture books. Wendy - this is one of our inheritances with Dewey. Here's what I've developed: The Dewey system was developed to give EVERY book, no matter what it was, a number so you could find it. The stories (chapter books, picture books, books we know who wrote them) section got so big, we decided it was easier to make a separate section and arrange by author. So everything BUT stories with authors is in the numbers=nonfiction section. Fairy tales have been told for so many years and by so many people that we don't know who first thought up the story. So they have a section in Dewey. It's also why jokes and poetry are in the numbers. (This to counter the nonfiction equals fact line.) Hope this helps! -- Johanna Halbeisen Woodland Elementary School(K-4) Southwick, Mass jhalbei@k12.oit.umass.edu