EDRG 3321.350

What is fiction? Fiction to me is love stories. When I read about love stories, I tend to think about my own life experiences. Fiction is a story. The different types of fiction that are used with children are contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction. In historical fiction children can vicariously live the issues, actions and emotions of people in previous generations. During this time I can imagine how studnets tend to think back about their parents and grand parents. This is great opportunity for the teacher to combine culture and fiction.

AUTHOR PROFILE

"Beach" by Elisha Cooper
Away to the beach! Away to sand and salt water, to rolling dunes and pounding waves." A day at the beach supplies any child with a lifetime of memories. In this picture book by award-winning author Elisha Cooper, the simple magic of building sand castles, collecting seashells, and running from the waves is brought to life through poetic text and lively illustrations. Together, readers will be able to visit the beach year-round as they share this delightful book.
www.elishacooper.com

"A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeline L'Engle
This story is aboutMeg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a tesseract, which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time.
Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?
www.bookrags.com/biography/madeleine-lengle