Re: GEN: Am I confused?

[Suby Wallace <suwallac@COLUMBIA.K12.MO.US>]

If you look at the Dewey schedules, there is a number for
EVERYTHING, including Fiction.

I tell kids that most libraries take their fiction out of the Dewey
section (I'm trying to retrain my kids and myself to call it that) and
put it in a separate area to make it easier for their patrons.

A general rule for putting a book in the 398s instead of Fiction is
that the author is unknown - stories that have been passed down
for centuries.  Hence, Sleeping Beauty is in the 398s, Sleeping
Ugly is in Fiction.

Dewey is a system for categorizing ALL books, not just non-fiction.
 Here's a simple explanation (be sure and click on the turning book
page at the bottom to continue the explanation):
        http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5002/

Suby




Suby Wallace, Media Specialist     suwallac@columbia.k12.mo.us,
Derby Ridge Elementary School  (grades k-5)
4000 Derby Ridge Drive              573-886-2000
Columbia, MO  65202              fax: 573-886-4729

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see the award-winning website created with a group of 6th grade students:  "Do We" 
Really Know Dewey?  http://tqjunior.advanced
.org

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