Timmy Tiger 1415 29th St. E. Palmatto, FL 34221

Timmy Tiger 1415 29th St. E. Palmatto, FL 34221 Just like a mail man uses your address to find your house…

E SEU A call number helps us locate a book in the media center. It is the book’s address.

Your address helps the mailman get a letter to your house. Timmy Tillman 1415 29th St. E. Palmetto, Florida First he looks to see state and city. Then he looks at which street and then using the house number, which house on the street. The top line says who in the house the letter is for!

A book’s call number sends us where we need to go in the Media center to find a book. E SEU

When you read a storybook you want a book by your favorite author. Fiction and Easy books are put on the shelf in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. E SEU The top line is E for Easy or F for Fiction (chapter books). The bottom line is the first 3 letters of the author’s last name.

Easy Town E S SEU T The top line tells which section (town) of the media center to go to. E - EASY Town F - FICTION Town The second line tells us on which shelf (street) to look and which book (house) it is on the shelf.

Let’s make a call number for the Easy book Corduroy by Don Freeman. Easy Books E - Easy FRE - Freeman

Now let’s make a call number for the Easy book Lilly’sPurplePlasticPurse by Kevin Henke. Easy Books E - Easy HEN - Henke

Now let’s make a call number for the Easy book WheretheWildThingsAre by Maurice Sendak. Easy Books E - Easy SEN - Sendak

Finally let’s make a call number for the Fiction book SeasonofSandstorms by Mary Pope Osbourne. Fiction Books F - Fiction OSB - Osbourne

Timmy Tiger 1415 29th St. E. Palmatto, FL 34221