What do the coloured labels on the spines of paperbacks mean?
The coloured labels tell you the type (or genre) of a book. A yellow sticker indicates a general fiction book, orange is adventure, purple is for mysteries, silver is horror, blue is for historical books, and green is science fiction or fantasy. The letters on the sticker are the call number (the number that helps you locate the item) of the book. The J stands for Juvenile and the next letter is the first letter of the author’s last name. For example, if you search the catalogue for the book Holes by Louis Sachar you’ll see the collection is “Juvenile General Fic pb” (paperback) and the call number is J-S. The title will be found in the children’s paperback section and will have a yellow sticker with J – S on it.
