In a message dated 9/18/2004 9:11:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
nghogsett@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
So many students are surprised to find the folk/fairy tales and poetry in
the "non-fiction." How do you explain that to the inquiring, sharp thinkers?
Instead of calling it the "non-fiction" section, I call it the "numbered
books" section. I tell the kids that Mr.Dewey has a number for EVERYTHING,
including picture books and chapter books, but that libraries had so many of them
that librarians made separate sections for them. I also make sure they
understand that others will call the "numbered books" section the "non-fiction"
section, but that it is misleading. They understand that quite well, I think, and
can always come up with a fiction book that is in the numbered section. I
explain that all non-fiction books are in the numbered section, but not all of the
numbered books are non-fiction.
Wendy Stoll, Librarian
Smyrna Elementary
Louisville, KY
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