Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Children's Literature Genres


Genres of Children’s Literature


Traditional Literature
Oral and literary heritage of humankind-no known author.

Fantasy
Imaginative worlds; make-believe story settings, people and creatures, or events that could not happen.

Science Fiction
Stories about what might occur in the future based on extending physical laws and scientific principles.

Realistic Fiction
“What if” stories, illusion of reality; characters seem real; contemporary setting.

Historical Fiction
Set in the past, could have happened, story reconstructs events of past age, things that could have or did occur

Poetry
Condensed language, imagery, expression of imaginative thoughts and perceptions.

Nonfiction Biography
An account of a person’s life or part of a life history. Informational Facts about the real world.

Digital Texts
Narrative or non-narrative information that has been digitized for access by a computer, a PDA, an e-book, or another digital reading device.


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