2. Picture Books
provide a "visual experience" - telling a story with
pictures.
The content of the book, however, can be fully
explained or illustrated with pictures.
published in a small size ---hand-books ---
3. Picture Story Books
Children's books that contain pictures or
illustrations that complement the story, often
mirroring the plot.
The pictures are the "eye-candy" that get people's
attention, but the text is also needed to complete
the story.
4. Folktales
The folktale is a story, passed down verbally from
generation to generation.
Each storyteller told the stories a little differently,
making them more interesting and fascinating as
the ages passed.
Different folktales bear the characteristics of the
culture, folklore and customs of the people from
which they originated.
Rip Van Winkle
5. Fairy Tales
Also called "magic stories," these are filled with
dreamlike possibility.
Fairy tales feature magical and enchanted forces.
They always have a "happily ever after" ending,
where good is rewarded and evil is punished.
6. Fables
Short stories, in verse or prose, with a moral ending.
Fables are among the oldest forms of folk literature.
The word "fable" comes from the Latin "fabula" ("little
story").
Typically, a fable consists of a narrative and a short moral
conclusion at the end.
The main characters in most fables are animals. The
purpose of these stories is to ridicule negative human
qualities.
7. Modern Fantasy
The stories may be based on animals that talk,
elements of science fiction, supernatural or horror,
or combinations of these elements.
When written for young readers, these books are
called - chapter books - a format that breaks a
story into sequential chapters that move towards a
final resolution.
8. Poetry and Verse
Condensed language, expression of
imaginative thoughts and perceptions, often
containing rhythm and other devices of
sound, imagery, and figurative language.
9. Nursery Rhymes
Nursery Rhymes have historically been used to
express opinions that could not be spoken freely.
Some seemingly silly rhymes included political
statements which if they had been spoken
straightforward, would be punishable by death.
Most nursery rhymes were from Europe,
particularly England, but a few came from others
areas of the world - even America contributed a
few.
10. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary is a popular
nursery rhyme about gardening. Mary grows si
lver bells, cockle shells and pretty maids in her
"fantasy garden".
This rhyme was first time published in in 1744
in England.
11. Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells,
And cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells,
And cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
12. Mother Goose
The Mother Goose nursery rhymes content tends
to fall into four distinct categories:
Lullabies such as Rock a bye baby
For infant amusement and education where many
of the counting and alphabet rhymes originate
Riddles for example As I was going to St. Ives
Reflecting the actual historical events and culture
of the day and also used to spread subversive
messages!
13. Rock a bye baby
Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks, the cradle will
fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
14. "As I was going to St. Ives..."
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
