NONFICTION

Informational Informational books are nonfiction books that give true facts on a variety of subjects.

Examples of Informational Writing Dirt Bikes Flying Animals Danger! Earthquakes Newspapers Encyclopedias

Biography A biography is the true story of a real person’s life from the past or present.

Examples of Biography Tiger Woods: An American Master The HomerunKings: BabeRuth and Henry Aaron Clara Barton, a Red Cross Pioneer Sacagawea

Poetry Poetry is verse written to inspire thoughts and feelings in the reader. It often uses rhyme and rhythm, or it can be written in free verse.

Examples of Poetry Where the Sidewalk Ends New Kid on the Block Chocolate Dreams: Poems Mammalabilia A Pizza the Size of the Sun Love That Dog

Folklore Folklore includes stories, myths, and fables that people told one another over the years. Later the stories were written down.

KINDS OF FOLKLORE NURSERY RHYMES NURSERY RHYMES FOLKTALES & FAIRY TALES FOLKTALES & FAIRY TALES FABLES FABLES MYTHOLOGY MYTHOLOGY LEGENDS LEGENDS TALL TALES TALL TALES FOLKSONGS FOLKSONGS

Examples of Folklore Aesop’s Fables Beauty and the Beast The Bunyans Cinderella John Henry The Talking Eggs The Tortoise and the Hare