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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