The Different Genres of Children

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The Different Genres of Childrens Literature
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• 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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• 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
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• 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
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• 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.

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Discussion Questions For How 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 Billys 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
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• 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
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• Kirstens 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 shouldnt keep?

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Discussion Questions for Kirstens Promise
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1. What kind of promises should you never keep?
2. What state do you think Ezra came from?
3. How would you have dealt with Ezras situation?
4. 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

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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 its time for the Martian
  Mega-Marathon space scooter race.

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Discussion Questions for About-Face Space Race
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• Who is Captain Cosmo?
• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• Usually realistic
• About a crime or unsolved event
• Not solved until the end of the book
• Scary or suspenseful

Who Did It?
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An Example of a Mystery/Suspense
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• 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
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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 Billys 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
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• 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
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• 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
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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?

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An Example of A Tall Tale
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• Gib Morgan Oilman
• By Ariane Dewey
• Gib Morgan is a young oilman who does amazing
  things to help out everyone around him.

OIL
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Discussion Questions for Gib Morgan Oilman
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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
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• 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
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1. Which was your favorite story?
2. How do these stories differ from American fairy
   tales?
3. How are they the same?
4. How do people come back to life in these fairy
   tales?
5. In Native American tales, the wolf is a
   trickster. In these Russian tales, what role does
   the wolf play?

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Myths
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• Usually explains how the world started
• Gods and supernatural beings are involved in
  these stories.

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Non-fiction
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• All proven facts
• Nothing is made-up
• Can be about any subject

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Biography
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• A story about a real person written by someone
  else
• Usually about the persons life or something the
  person has done

Autobiography

• A story someone writes about themselves

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An Example of A Biography
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Salt in His Shoes (Michael Jordan In Pursuit of a
Dream) By Deloris Jordan with Roslyn M. Jordan
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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