Award Winning
Books
Traditional Fantasy
Modern Fantasy
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
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There are this many possible magical
elements in Modern Fantasy stories.
This book award is chosen by the children of Connecticut
.
This award is given for the best written book of
the year.
This award is given to the best illustrated book of
the year.
Johnny Tremain won this award in 1944.
This award is named for children’s author, Dr. Seuss.
They were among the first people to collect the tales told to them by their neighbors.
This reteller of fairy tales also designed the east wing of the Louvre in Paris.
These folktales answer “why” (in french).
These are the most magical of all the
folktales.
This is the most important element in folk and
fairytales, in regards to their value.
This would be a good example of an animal modern fantasy book.
This type of fantasy story that uses science to explain it’s magic.
Futuristic fiction is sometimes called this. An example would be
Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”.
This is the backbone of every modern fantasy tale.
This modern fantasy tale changed children’s literature forever.
The Babysitter’s Club is an example of this kind
of realistic fiction.
Books that help children deal with rites of
passage are called this.
Books that help children deal with difficult life
problems like death or divorce are called this.
This is the phrase used when people write a
realistic book with too much of their own
viewpoint.
She won the Newbery Award in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw and is also
the author of the Ramona series.
This is the proven most effective way to teach
history.
These are one of the three problems with
history textbooks.
This is one of two ways in which historical fiction is written.
This is one of the biggest values of historical fiction.
This was the one period in history that isn’t covered much in children’s books.
Biography Nonfiction Potpourri How Good is My
Memory?
General Information
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Biographies are said to bridge the gap between
these two genres.
This inventor has the most science biographies written about him.
The word “biography” is derived from these two latin words.
This type of biography includes the lives of several people who have the same traits in common.
These are the type of biographies that cover
only a segment of a person’s life.
Informational books are divided into subjects by
this system.
This is another name for a nonfiction picture book.
This is one of the ingredients that will
“catch” a child to read an informational book.
What planet did we say could float on the
ocean?
These books look at an era, event or prevailing
attitude.
The book “Pirateology” is an example of this type of informational book.
There are at least this many words in the English language.
“Alice In Wonderland” is an example of this type
of book.
These are one of the three most important
elements to judge a well written book.
This genre is never written in paragraphs.
This genre does not have an identifiable author.
This is the term for when a child reads because they have to and doesn’t retain what they’ve read.
This is the reason why fantasy is the most
difficult genre to write.
The dewey decimal system was developed
by this man.
A cinquain is a form of this genre.
The Newbery Award is given by this association.
Guinness Book of World Records is an example of
this genre.
This was the name of the book about the boy who is
entering middle school and keeps a journal. It was also a
movie we viewed in class.
This is the name of the CT. author who wrote the
Strega Nona books and a series of biographies
about himself.
This is the author of “Goodnight Moon” who died from kicking her leg
above her head and having an embolism.
