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The Different Genres of
Children’s Literature
Fiction
•Realistic Fiction
•Historical Fiction
• Science Fiction
•Fantasy
•Mystery/Suspense
•Folk Tales, Tall Tales, and Fairy Tales
•Myths
Non-Fiction
•Biography
•Autobiography
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Fiction
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2.
3.
Always have elements that are made-up.
May be based on actual events or people.
May be totally made-up or fictional.
There are many different types or
different genres of fiction.
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Realistic Fiction
• Characters are made-up but
could be real people
• Events are made-up but could
be real events
• Takes place in the modern time;
right here, right now
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An Example of A Realistic Fiction Book
How to Eat Fried Worms
By Thomas Rockwell
Can Billy really eat all of the worms he
said he could when he made the bet
with his friends? He really wants that
mini-bike he plans to buy with his
winnings. Find out in How to Eat Fried
Worms.
Pictures from Google website
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Discussion Questions ForHow to Eat Fried Worms
1. How many worms do think you could eat?
2. Billy ate his worms many different ways, with many different
things. How would you eat your worms?
3. How did Billy’s father know the letter from the doctor was
fake?
4. What other kinds of bets do you think Billy made?
5. Billy and his friends got in a lot of fights. How do you think
they felt about fighting once the bet was over?
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Historical Fiction
• Historical fiction books take
place during a certain time in the
past.
• Often the setting is real, and the
characters are made-up or
fictional.
• Sometimes the setting is fictional
and the characters are real.
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An Example of A Historical
Fiction
Kirsten’s Promise
The American Girls Collection
By: Janet Shaw
Kirsten is a ten-year-old pioneer girl who runs into a little boy
with a big secret. He makes her promise not to tell anyone
about where he is. Should Kirsten keep it the secret or is this
one of those secrets you shouldn’t keep?
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Discussion Questions for Kirsten’s
Promise
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2.
3.
4.
What kind of promises should you never keep?
What state do you think Ezra came from?
How would you have dealt with Ezra’s situation?
What are some ways life is different from the
pioneers’ time?
5. What are some supplies you would need on the
trail?
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Science Fiction
• Futuristic Technology
• Scientific Facts
• Fictional Element
An Example of Science
Fiction
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About-Face
Space Race
From the AstroKids
Series
By Robert Elmer
The year is 2175 and
it’s time for the
Martian Mega-
Discussion Questions for
About-Face Space Race
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1.Who is Captain Cosmo?
2. What were some of the
problems at the start of the
race?
3. What lessons did you learn
from this book?
4. Do you think this is an
accurate portrayal of the
future? Why or why not?
5. What is the Coded Message?
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Fantasy
• Fantasy is completely made-up
such as talking animals and
magical powers.
• Contains no realistic elements
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An Example of A Fantasy
Book:
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Written by Judi Barrett
and Drawn by Ron Barrett
This story is about a town called
Chewandswallow. The weather in
Chewandswallow is very different from the
weather in your town. When a storm hits,
the town comes up with a very clever idea!
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Discussion Questions for Cloudy
With a Chance of Meatballs
1. Where is Chewandswallow?
2. Where do you think the food came
from?
3. Why did the food keep getting
bigger?
4. What kind of food did the people use
to make their ships?
5. At the end of the book, the boy talks
about a pat of butter on some mashed
potatoes. What was he talking about?
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Mystery and Suspense
• Usually realistic
• About a crime or
unsolved event
• Not solved until the
end of the book
• Scary or suspenseful
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An Example of a
Mystery/Suspense
Welcome To Camp Nightmare
#9 in Goosebumps series
By R. L. Stine
Why are the other campers missing at Camp
Nightmoon? In this chapter book you just
might get more than an outdoor experience!
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Discussion Questions for
Welcome to Camp Nightmare
1. What do you think lives in the
Forbidden Bunk?
2.How would you feel if your parents put
you through that camp?
3.How would you act in Billy’s situation?
4.What do you think Billy looks like?
5.Where do you think Billy is from?
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Folk Tales / Tall Tales / Fairy
Tales
• Folk Tales have no
known creator.
• Passed down verbally
• Sometimes based on
real people but the
story is fictional.
• Tall Tales are Folk Tales
but the character is
“bigger” than life.
• Fairy Tales are stories
created to teach
children how to behave
in a way they find
amusing.
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An Example of A Folk Tale
The Diane Goode Book of
American Folk Tales and Songs
By Diane Goode
This collection has a variety of
folk tales and songs including
Buffalo Gal, Clementine, and
The Greedy Wife. The pictures
are amusing and the stories are
fun.
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Discussion Questions for The Diane
Goode Book of American Folk Tales
and Songs
1. How many of the characters have
you heard of before?
2. What time period do you think most
of these tales come from?
3. Which was you favorite tale?
4. Which songs have you sung before?
5. In “The Coyote and The Bear,” what
role does the coyote play?
Pictures from Google
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An Example of A Tall Tale
Gib Morgan Oilman
By Ariane Dewey
Gib Morgan is a young oilman who does
amazing things to help out everyone
around him.
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Discussion Questions for Gib
Morgan Oilman
1. What part of the story makes this a
tall tale?
2. What part of the tall tale do you
like best?
3. The names of the oil companies seem
a little strange. What would you
name your oil company?
4. Where was the first oil well built?
5. What is oil used for?
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An Example of A Fairy Tale
The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy
Tales
Edited by Jacqueline Onassis
Illustrated y Boris Zvorykin
This is a unique collection of fairy
tales from Russia. This collection
includes The Firebird, Maria
Morevna, The Snow Maiden, and
Vassilissa The Fair.
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Discussion Questions for
The Firebird and Other
Russian Fairy Tales
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Which was your favorite
story?
How do these stories
differ from American
fairy tales?
How are they the same?
How do people come
back to life in these fairy
tales?
In Native American tales,
the wolf is a trickster. In
these Russian tales,
what role does the wolf
play?
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Myths
• Usually explains how the
world started
• Gods and supernatural
beings are involved in
these stories.
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Non-fiction
History
• All proven facts
• Nothing is made-up
• Can be about any
subject
Weather
Plants
Architecture
Art
People
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Biography
• A story about a real person
written by someone else
• Usually about the person’s
life or something the person
has done
Autobiography
• A story someone writes about
themselves
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An Example of
A Biography
Salt in His Shoes
(Michael Jordan In
Pursuit of a Dream)
By Deloris Jordan with
Roslyn M. Jordan
Pictures from Google
Michael learns
many things from
his parents that
help him achieve
his dream.
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Discussion Questions for Salt in His
Shoes (Michael Jordan In Pursuit of
a Dream)
1.How old do you think Michael was when
this book took place?
2.What kind of lessons did Michael learn
from his parents?
3.How did those lessons help him become a
super basketball player?
4.Michael followed his dream through.
What are your dreams?
5.He also put a lot of hard work into his
dreams; what kinds of things do you
have to do to accomplish your dreams?
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Made for 3rd graders
By Christine Bailey
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