The four genres I chose to compare are: Nonfiction – You can read nonfiction stories in just about anything. This can be reading a magazine, a book, articles in a newspaper, or reading something on the internet. Nonfiction is written about topics that are real and are based on actual facts and information. Biography- A biography is a true and detailed description about someone’s life and is usually written by someone else. It includes an account of the series of events during the person’s life. This book will include information about their life and things that have happened during their lifetime. Biographies can be written about any one from a teacher to a war hero to a celebrity. …show more content…
137). When children are exposed to different genres of literature it increases their knowledge of vocabulary, their use of words, and they are building language experiences. When children are exposed to books from different genres it provides a greater depth of concept, rich language, multiple perspectives, and helps them to develop their imaginations. “Good literature exposes children to correct sentence patterns, standard story structures, and varied word usage” (Roe & Ross, 2006, p.1). It also helps children to express their thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Books can serve as a word processor when children begin to …show more content…
I also have a lot of favorites that I read to my children. I love a certain series of books that is called My Weird School. Each book has a have different, funny, and crazy title. For example one of the books is called Ms. Patty is Batty. Another example of one of the books is Mr. Cooper is super, and Miss Daisy is Crazy. There are 21 books in the series. These books are of course fiction. I would laugh with my children every night when we read them they were just so cute and funny. One book that I loved as a child was there was an old Women Lady who swallowed a fly. This book is also fiction. I is one of my favorites to read to children in the preschool class the get such a kick out of the book. Especially because the old lady swallows so many things. This is a fun book to read. Charlotte’s web is an oldie but a goody. I really loved this book. This book too is fiction. It is a great story and has a wonderful story line. It’s a classic