Favorite Categories:

These are some favorite subjects that students like to read about.  Just use the call number to find books on the shelves about these specific subjects.

000 General Knowledge
        001.54  Secret Codes
        001.9    Unexplained Phenomenon (Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Bermuda Triangle, UFOs,
                      etc.)
        004        Computers and the Internet

100 Philosophy and Psychology
        133        Ghosts
        150        Psychology

200 Religion
        220        Bible Stories
        292        Greek and Roman mythology

300 Social Science
        331.7    Careers and Occupations
        391        Costumes
        394.2     Holidays
        398.2    Folklore--Fairytales
        398.6    Riddles (see also 793.73, 817, and 818)
        398.8    Nursery Rhymes

400 Language
        419        Sign Language
        468        Spanish language books
        490        Dictionaries
        493        Hieroglyphics

500 Natural Science and Math
        507.2    Science experiments
        510        Math
        523        Universe (galaxies, solar system, comets, sun, stars, etc.)
        540        Chemistry
        551.2    Volcanoes, earthquakes
        551.5    Meteorology--weather, climate
        552        Rocks
        568        Dinosaurs
        581        Plants
        592        Ocean animals
        595.7    Insects
        597        Fish
        597.9    Reptiles
        597.96  Snakes
        598        Birds

600 Applied Science and Technology
        612        Human body
        613.6    Survival
        629.1    Airplanes
        629.2    Cars
        629.4    Space Travel
        363        Pets
        641.5    Cooking

700 Fine Arts and Recreation
        736        Origami
        743        Drawing
        780        Music
        793.3    Dance
        793.73  Games without action, puzzles, riddles (see also 398.6, 817--818)
        793.8    Magic tricks
        796        Sports

800 Literature
        808        Children's literature
        811        American poetry
        812        American plays
        817        Humor (see also 398.6, 793.73, and 818)

900 Geography and History
        904        Collected accounts of events, disaster--ex. Titanic
        910.9    Explorers
        920        Biographies
        929        Ancient Egypt
        930        Mummies
        937        Ancient Rome
        938        Ancient Greece
        940        General History of Europe
        940.1    Medieval History (includes Castles)
        940.54  World War II
        970        Native Americans
        973        General History of the United States

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