Genre of Children's Literature

All books are categorized into different criteria. This includes categorizing books by genre, and then the categories within the genre such as narratives, non-narratives, and many more. Children's genre consists of traditional literature, fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and nonfiction biography.

Traditional Literature: Oral and literary heritage of humankind, no known author. Categories within this genre:

• Folktales
• Fairy tales
• Myths and legends
• Tall tales
• Fables

Fantasy: Imaginative worlds, events that could not happen. Categories within this genre:

• Animal fantasy
• Toys and objects
• Miniature world
• Time warps
• Unreal worlds

Science Fiction: Stories about what might occur in the future based on extending physical laws and scientific principles. Categories within this genre:

• Magic
• Quest tales
• Science fiction

Realistic Fiction: Illusion of reality, the characters seem real. Categories within this genre:

• Adventure stories
• Mysteries
• Animal stories
• Stories about growing up
• Families
• Sports

Historical Fiction: These stories are set in the past, could have happened. Categories within this genre:

• Fictionalized memoir
• Fictionalized family history
• Fiction based on research

Poetry: Condensed language, expression of imaginative thoughts and perceptions. Categories within this genre:

• Mother Goose
• Nursery rhymes
• Lyric
• Narrative

Nonfiction Biography: An account of a person's life or part of life history. Informational facts about the real world. Categories within this genre:

• Authentic biography
• Memoir
• Autobiography
• Informational