Do You Know Dewey?: Exploring the Dewey Decimal System by Brian P. Cleary
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I am always looking for great picture books to help explain the Dewey Decimal System (DDS) to my students. This book did a great job in explaining the DDS. I like the rhyming text explaining each section of the DDS. The pictures aren’t too busy with overcrowding of information. I also like the little tabs on the side of the pictures giving the name of the section, such as, Social Sciences 300.
There are a few things I don’t particularly like when it comes to explaining the nonfiction section of the library.
1. Calling the zero hundreds O’s as in the letter and not the number. Yes, it may rhyme better within the story, but the nonfiction is by number not letters (except for the author’s last name.
2. The 200s section didn’t mention mythology. In my school, mythology is a popular subject. I will mention it as I read, of course. It’s hard to mention all subjects for many of the larger sections.
3. Transportation is mentioned for 300s. Yes, I know it is there, but it is also in the 600s. Another cataloging dilemma for librarians. I wrestle with where to place transportation books sometimes.