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1 Genre of Children’s literature Traditional Fantasy Fantasy Modern Fantasy (Science Fiction) Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Prose or Contemporary Poetry Realistic Fiction (Auto) Biography Nonfiction Informational

2 Prose or Poetry  Prose - writing that resembles everyday speech  Poetry - language being used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to or in lieu of its meaning  Fiction - springs largely from the author’s imagination  Nonfiction - wholly factual with no fictional elements 

3 Fiction - springs largely from the author’s imagination Fantasy - one or more elements are not found in our world Traditional – fantasy that is as old as humanity, is part of human tradition, has an oral origin, and has authors who are unknown Modern - has an identifiable author so the story originated in print: Science Fiction - deals with scientific possibilities, contains story elements not found in the known universe, and contains otherworldly elements that are based on extrapolated scientific facts pushed into logical but unproven possibilities

4 Realistic - an invented story that takes place in the world as we know it : Historical Fiction - tells a story about people in our world that happened in earlier times Contemporary Realistic Fiction - tells a story about people in our world today

5 Nonfiction - wholly factual with no fictional elements  Biography - tells the story, or part of the story, of someone’s life  Autobiography – a person is telling their own life story  Informational – provides information about a topic

6 Pseudo-Genre of Children’s Literature = Picture Books ABC Counting Participation Concept Wordless Picture Predictable Beginning Reader Picture Picture Story Engineered Board

7 Newly Considered Genre  Multicultural - concerning diverse cultures and nations


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