The quote above by Katherine Paterson caused me to think for a while. Agreeing with her, I summarized what I learned about Genre of Children's Literature. It is adapted from Mrs. Liz Storey's Children's Literature Resource Guide, 2012.
Genre in Children’s Literature
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Picture Books: Books that communicate
information or tell a story through pictures. Text is minimal and the pictures
are as important, if not more important, than the text.
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Wordless
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Alphabet
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Concept
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Counting
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Mother Goose
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Nursery Rhyme
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Easy-to-read
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Picture Storybooks
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Traditional Literature: Books that evolved from
the oral tradition of storytelling and were handed down from generations. These
tales often contain universal themes.
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Fairy tales/folktales
o
Fables
o
Myths
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Legends
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Modern Fantasy: Books characterized by their use
of time travel, imaginary beings or some manipulation or altering of one or
more of the literary elements (usu. Characters or setting) from what is
expected in the real world.
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Alice in the Wonderland, A Wrinkle in Time, The
Lion the Witch and Wardrobe, Harry Potter
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Poetry: Books containing a single poem or
collections of poetry. Books can be by one author or as an anthology of poems
selected by an editor.
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Realistic Fiction: Books that contain literary
elements (characters, setting, plot) that could really happen today. Stories do
not have to be true, but they could be.
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Mysteries
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Adventure stories
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Animal stories
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Survival stories
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Everyday life and family stories (problem
stories)
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Historical Fiction: Books based on events in
history or on people that lived in the past. Books should be historically
authentic, and setting is a key literary element of these books.
o
Across Five Aprils, My Brother Sam is Dead, A
Family Apart
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Non-Fiction: Books that deal with real people,
their lives, events and other factual information. These books inform and
explain.
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Factual stories
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Biographies/autobiographies
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Informational: National Geographic, Scholastic
News, Time for Kids
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