The Boxcar Children and the case of the missing book.

Emily Justice Compton Elementary School

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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are hot on the case

A missing book had found its way to the boxcar childrens house. They want to find out where it belongs in the library. They know the book should have a spine label like the one show below, but someone has ripped it off. Who would do that and way?

Spine Label 398.2 is the Dewey Number MAN are the first 3 letters of the authors last name.

First things first

The kids decide to head to the school library to talk to the media specialist Mrs. Reece, but when they get there she is no where to be found. All they find is a bookmark with 10 categories on it. What are these categories, Violet wonders, and how do they fit in the media center? The children decide to do some research. They discover these categories are part of the Dewey Decimal System.

What is the Dewey Decimal System

The Dewey Decimal system was developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876. Dewey developed this system to help organize the contents of the library This system gives each book a specific spot on the shelf based on what the book is about.

The Boxcar Children need your help

After some research the children found out what each classification meant and some books you might find in each sections. They want your help in finding where it should go back on the shelf. This is the missing books they discovered.

The Cats Pajamas by: Wallace Edwards

Use the clues about each section to help the Boxcar children decide where this book should go

000- Computer Science, Information, and General Works

Some titles you might find: The Unexplained:UFOs Funky Freaky Facts Most people Dont know Lands of Mystery Ace Your Internet Reseach

100 Philosophy and Psychology

Some titles you might find: Ghosts: The Unsolved Mystery The Unexplained: ESP AHA: The Most Interesting Book You Will Ever Read About Intelligence Body Language

200- Religion

Some titles you might find: I am Roman Catholic God in the Mountains I am Hindu Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

300- Social Science

Some titles you might find: I Want to be a Police Office Christmas ( other holiday books) Rumpelstiltskin (other folk tales and fairy tales) Weapons and Warfare

400- Language
Some titles you might find: The Castle is Cold, Ancient, and Old Dear Deer: A Book About Homophones Spanish for Beginners Wheel of Subject- Verb Agreement Scholastic Childrens Thesaurus Mad as an Old Wet Hen!: And Other Funny Idioms

500- Science Some titles you might find: 175 Science Experiments to amuse and amaze your friends Weather Endangered Tigers Hippos Amazing Birds of Prey What Happened to the Dinosaurs?

600- Technology

Some titles you might find: How to Talk to Your Dog The Kids Guide to Robots I Want to be a Mechanic I Know Where my Food Goes

700- Art and Recreation

Some titles you might find: Baseball in Action Amazing Magic Tricks Stock Car Racing Graphic Novels High School Musical

800- Literature

Some titles you might find: Where the Sidewalk Ends The Underwear Salesman What do Authors do? HEE! HEE! HEE! Jokelopedia The Door in the Wall; A Play

900- History and Geography

Some titles you might find: You Wouldnt Wan to Sail with Christopher Columbus Georgia: People and Places Letters Home From Japan Explorers: Pioneers Who Broke New Boundaries

Things to know about the missing book

Title: The Cats Pajamas Author: Wallace Edwards Summary Found at BarnsandNoble.com: From the acclaimed Wallace Edwards comes his second collection of idioms, a companion to the award-winning Monkey Business. The Cat's Pajamas depicts 26 idioms, bringing new meaning to familiar sayings and tickling your funny bone with a surreal illustration on each page. To ensure you get the hang of it, each expression is used in a sentence and explained at the back of the book. And if you look closely you'll discover a cat hidden in every painting; some cats are a piece of cake to find, others may require you to use your noodle. A gorgeously illustrated eye-spy book and a unique introduction to idioms, this book is truly the cat's meow.

Where should this book go?

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