This document discusses metafiction, which is fiction that references or comments on its own fictional status. It provides examples of picture books that use metafiction techniques to get kids thinking, such as Harold and the Purple Crayon, Mysteries of Harris Burdick, and The Monster at the End of This Book. The document also includes links to blog posts and articles about metafiction and lists of metafictional books.

1. Metafiction
A Hilarious Way to Get Kids Thinking
Dr. Karin Perry
&
Dr. Teri Lesesne
Sam Houston State University

2. Karin Perry
• @kperry
• http://karinsletteringanddoodles.tumlbr.com
• http://karinlibrariansketchnotes.tumblr.com
• kperry@shsu.edu
December 2017

3. Teri Lesesne
(rhymes with insane)
• @professornana
• Professornana.livejournal.com
• doctorL@shsu.edu
• www.slideshare.net/professornana

4. http://bit.ly/pppd2016

6. Train Your Mindhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=WDW87rZQM0g

7. Metafiction:
Fiction about Fiction

8. http://www.philnel.com/201
0/09/04/more-metafiction/
Very informative article
about Metafiction. Includes
a long list of books.

9. A Couple of Good Blog Posts.
● http://www.manyroadstoreading.com/teaching-tip-
fun-metafiction/
● http://www.darcypattison.com/picture-
books/metafiction/

10. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8
2505.Picture_Books_That_Break_the_
Fourth_Wall_
Book List

11. Blasts from the Past
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Uncle Shelby’s A B Z Book
True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Three Pigs (Wiesner)
Captain Underpants
The Monster at the End of this Book

21. Recent
Examples