Know your spine labelsOnline version Answer yes or no to these statements about Aberdeen Grammar School Library's book labels. by Miss R Gould AGS Librarian 1 Biographies have a spine label that starts with B and are shelved alphabetically Yes No 2 In the 800s there are colour stickers to group books into book companions and guides about particular authors etc. Yes No 3 Quick Reads / Skinny Reads have a black spine sticker Yes No 4 Our non fiction have dewey decimal numbers on the spine indicating the subject they are about. Yes No 5 Shelf Help books have a spine label with SH on them. Yes No 6 Historical fiction has no sticker (unless it is for example a mystery thriller set in the past) Yes No 7 Dewey Decimal spine numbers are used for our fiction books Yes No 8 Romance fiction has no sticker (unless it is for example a Fantasy) Yes No 9 Biographies about people in sport do not differ in the way they are labelled from books about musicians Yes No 10 Mystery / Thriller books have a blue sticker Yes No 11 Fantasy books have a purple/ dark blue spine sticker Yes No 12 Sports Biographies have an extra sticker S or say sports on the spine Yes No 13 Paranormal books have a brown spine sticker Yes No 14 Paranormal books have a blue spine sticker Yes No 15 Senior Fiction has SF or F written inside the cover Yes No 16 Senior manga books have a pink spine label Yes No 17 Fantasy books have a green sticker Yes No 18 Junior Fiction has JF written inside or J Yes No 19 Sci-fi / Dystopian books have a yellow spine sticker Yes No 20 Horror books have white spine stickers Yes No 21 Romance books have a pink sticker Yes No 22 If there is a spine label with a number on your book it is fiction Yes No 23 Biographies have a dewey decimal number in our library Yes No
