I'm with Fred on this one. Some of my kids say things like "fiction
is fake, nonfiction is true" and sometimes they change it around,
since both ways don't make much logical sense. I call that section
Numbers. Since I have K-4, only the older ones (and only some of
them, at that) can take in that all the books had numbers once upon a
time. I also talk about how there are lots of things in our fiction
section that are true, autobiographical fiction, for example.
Johanna Halbeisen, Library Media Teacher
Woodland Elementary School (K-4)
80 Powder Mill Rd, Southwick, MA 01077
JH@newsonglibrary.org
At 1:28 PM -0500 3/3/07, Frederick Muller wrote:
>This discussion comes up periodically and it has always bothered me. I
>never call the Dewey section part of the library the non-fiction section. I
>always call it the main library. We also have special collections which
>have been pulled from the main library for ease of use: Fiction, Biography,
>Easy, SC etc. That way I never get into the discussions with students (or
>teachers) about some fiction things being in the Dewey section.
>
>--
>Frederick Muller
>Halsted Middle School Library
>Newton, NJ
>My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
>My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com
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