The Shelf Elf Helps Out (Library Binding)

~ Jackie Mims Hopkins (Author), Rebecca Thornburgh (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Library Binding: 36 pages
• Publisher: Upstart Books (April 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932146547
• ISBN-13: 978-1932146547
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #63,005 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have you ever wondered why the books are in the order they are in the library?, May 6, 2009

By	KSL "emma-and-me" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Shelf Elf use to help the shoemaker, but how he's moved onto bigger a better place to help... a librarian Ms. Turner. Shelf elf helps put away books in their proper places.

We've all heard of the Dewey decimal system but did you know that Mr. Melvil Dewey who came up with a way to organize books. Each number has a specific theme or themes. Starting with zero hundreds (000 - 099). Books in this section are encyclopedias, UFO's and Big Foot.

F - fiction
Juv - Children
YA - Young adult

B or 92 - for Biography

100's are for books on Feelings, Friends and Friendship

200's Myths and Legends

300's Holidays and Manner

500's Science, Math, Dinosaurs, Science Fair Experiments

600's Airplanes, Cars and Pets

700's Art, Sports and Music

800's Jokes, Riddles and Poetry

I think this is a great book for 1st and 2nd grade and I think it's a lot of neat information about your library that you can use to locate books that you're looking for. I also think it's nicely illustrated

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun way to explain library organization, November 27, 2009

By	Laura E. Boggs (Albany NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book to incorporate into your plans to teach your students about how to find books in libraries. I play Chez Dewey ( a game where we pretend the library is a restaurant that serves books-- the customers order books, the waiters bring the order to the chefs at the computer catalog, and the waiters find those books on the shelf). Reading just the intro and the rhyming section for each Dewey section is a great way to give the kids an introduction to the system before they play the game. I use it with 3-5th graders.

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, January 14, 2009

By	S. Hulme (Somewhere, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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