1. Genre of Children’s literature Traditional Fantasy Fantasy Modern Fantasy (Science Fiction) Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Prose or Contemporary Poetry Realistic Fiction (Auto) Biography Nonfiction Informational

2. Prose or Poetry  Prose - writing that resembles everyday speech  Poetry - language being used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to or in lieu of its meaning  Fiction - springs largely from the author’s imagination  Nonfiction - wholly factual with no fictional elements 

3. Fiction - springs largely from the author’s imagination Fantasy - one or more elements are not found in our world Traditional – fantasy that is as old as humanity, is part of human tradition, has an oral origin, and has authors who are unknown Modern - has an identifiable author so the story originated in print: Science Fiction - deals with scientific possibilities, contains story elements not found in the known universe, and contains otherworldly elements that are based on extrapolated scientific facts pushed into logical but unproven possibilities

4. Realistic - an invented story that takes place in the world as we know it : Historical Fiction - tells a story about people in our world that happened in earlier times Contemporary Realistic Fiction - tells a story about people in our world today

5. Nonfiction - wholly factual with no fictional elements  Biography - tells the story, or part of the story, of someone’s life  Autobiography – a person is telling their own life story  Informational – provides information about a topic

6. Pseudo-Genre of Children’s Literature = Picture Books ABC Counting Participation Concept Wordless Picture Predictable Beginning Reader Picture Picture Story Engineered Board

7. Newly Considered Genre  Multicultural - concerning diverse cultures and nations