"Genre of the Month"

Each month will feature a different “Genre of the Month”.  Students are encouraged to explore books from a variety of genres throughout the school year.  Your child is not required to read a book from the recommended genre, but if you reads at least one book for W.E.B. from the featured genre of the month, you will earn a bonus prize at the end of the month. 

Here are the different genres and some information about each of them. Click on the genre for more information and book titles. Click here to view some other useful links.

Month Genre Description
September Realistic Fiction A story using made-up characters that takes place in modern times
October Mystery A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story
November Informational All of the information is based on true facts and is not made up
December Historical Fiction A story using made-up characters that takes place in a real time or setting from the past
January Biography and Autobiography

Biography- A story of a real person’s life that is written by another person Autobiography- A story of a real person’s life that is written by that person

February Fantasy A story including elements that are impossible, such as talking animals or magical powers
March Poetry
April Science Fiction A story that blends futuristic technology with scientific fact and fiction
May Folktales A made-up story about a historical figure or everyday people that was originally passed along by word of mouth

Genre

Titles

Links
Realistic Fiction

 

 

Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger

Ramona series and Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania, Double Fudge and more by Judy Blume

Thank You, Mr. Falker  and more by Patricia Polacco

 

Mystery

 

 

 

Cam Jansen series by David Adler

A to Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy

The Boxcar Children mysteries by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Nancy Drew:Girl Detective series by Carolyn Keene

Nate the Great series by Marjorie Sharmat

Sammy Keyes series by Wendelin Van Draanen

Scooby Doo mysteries by various authors

Clue Jr. series by various authors

Informational

 

 

 

 

Magazines

Zoo Books

National Geographic World

Sports Illustrated for Kids

Books

Various Titles

Any book that is based on facts and is not made up

The Black Sox scandal of 1919 by Dan Elish

Baseball: the 2004 Boston Red Sox by Michael Sandler

Your Pet Cat by Elaine Landau

Historical Fiction




American Girl series

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

The Fighting Ground by Avi

Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

 

Biography and Autobiography



The Diary of Anne Frank

Picture Book Biography series by David A. Adler and various authors

And then what happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz

Before I Made History series by Connie and Peter Roop

 

Fantasy




Narnia series by C.S.Lewis

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Lord of the Rings series J.R.R. Tolkien

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Bunnicula series by James Howe

Winnie the Pooh series by A.A. Milne

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

 

Poetry Coming Soon Coming Soon
Science Fiction




A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Among the Hidden series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Star Wars series 

Folktales




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