Celebrate Nonfiction

Exploring the Joy of Nonfiction Reading and Writing

SCBWI-LA Handout: Five Kinds of Nonfiction for Kids

Background
I’ve
written an article about the 5 kinds of nonfiction here:

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2017/12/behind-books-nonfiction-family-tree.html

I’ve discussed the 5
kinds of nonfiction in this video created for Colby Sharp’s
vlog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4vd1XEPu6E

5 Kinds of Nonfiction Flashcards

Narrative vs. Expository Sample Texts

Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley and Nic Bishop (Scholastic, 1999)

Frog or Toad? How Do You Know? by Melissa Stewart
(Enslow, 2011)

Nonfiction Continuum
http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2018/04/classifying-nonfiction-continuum.html

Characteristics of Expository Literature

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2018/02/behind-books-writing-stem-picture-books_14.html

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2018/03/behind-books-writing-stem-picture-books_7.html

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