Children & Stories
Awards
Genres
Strategies/Activities
Literature Elements
100
This type of book is designed primarily for entertainment.
What are trade books?
100
This award is given to a U.S. author each year for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature.
What is the Newbery Medal?
100
The suspension of reality is a primary trait of this genre.
What is fantasy?
100
This is often used by teachers or librarians to introduce and interest a child in a book or author.
What is a booktalk?
100
While rhyme involves matching sounds at the ends of words, this involves matching sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
200
This refers to removing works from circulation in schools and libraries to prevent children from reading them.
What is censorship (or banning)?
200
The Coretta Scott King Award is given to this category of author and illustrator.
What is African-American?
200
This genre appeals to children through its use of visuals and close ties to popular culture like comic books.
What are graphic novels?
200
These are designed to involve small groups of children in dialogue about issues in and connections to a specific book.
What is a literature (or book) circle?
200
Good examples of historical fiction are expected to have authentic ones of these.
What are settings?
300
This age group mostly requires concept books, interactive books, and simple pictures.
What is 0-2?
300
The most distinguished picture book illustrator gets this award each year.
What is the Caldecott?
300
This is a type of traditional literature with a stated or implied moral and usually involves animal characters.
What is a fable?
300
This activity asks students to use facial and oral expression while reading a script based on a book.
What is readers' theater?
300
This type of short, unrhymed poetry is often abstract and difficult for young children to comprehend but commonly taught.
What is haiku?
400
This kind of story is thought to have some historical basis, however warped or exaggerated.
What is a legend?
400
Dr. Seuss & Tomie DePaola both received this award for their lifetime contributions to children's literature.
What is the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award?
400
This book, published in 1962, is a key piece of science fiction due to its attempt to use challenging scientific ideas as its basis.
What is A Wrinkle in Time?
400
This refers to reading aloud in unison with a whole class or small group.
What is choral reading?
400
This is a device used by authors to tell of events that occurred earlier in the story.
What is a flashback?
500
This type of tale typically features talking animals with human characteristics like Anansi the Spider.
What is a beast tale?
500
Nikki Grimes won the NCTE Excellence award in 2006 for her work in this genre.
What is poetry?
500
These types of books are known for encouraging children to engage in physical or spoken response while reading.
What are interactive books?
500
SSR or DEAR refer to this.
What are silent sustained reading or drop everything and read?
500
This refers to the difficulty of vocabulary and sentence structure in a book.
What is readability?
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