Nonfiction
This type of book allows us to find the meanings of words.
a dictionary
This beloved children's book author's real name is Theodore Seuss Geisel.
Dr. Seuss
J.K. Rowling is known for writing this book series.
Harry Potter series
This author inspired Disney to start a publishing imprint for books set against historical mythologies such as Greek and Roman gods.
Rick Riordan
graphic novels
When a person writes about their own life, it is this kind of nonfiction writing.
autobiography
The author of these creepy books is really Robert Lawrence Stine.
R. L. Stine (the Goosebumps series)
Sherlock Holmes novels fall into this genre of fiction.
mystery
This famous playwright invented popular English phrases such as "the green-eyed monster" and "in a pickle."
Shakespeare
Someone who loves to read is called this, from the prefix meaning "book" and the suffix meaning "one who loves"
bibliophile
People sometimes write in these and hid them in their rooms.
diaries or journals
It's not unfortunate, this author's real name is Daniel Handler.
Lemony Snicket (author of A Series of Unfortunate Events)
This fantastical novel by Lewis Carroll (and it's subsequent movie) was based on a real 10-year-old girl.
Alice in Wonderland
Some of this author's less well-known books include The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me and The Twits.
Roald Dahl
According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, this book is the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed.
the Bible
This book contains information like weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and other tabular data often arranged according to the calendar.
an almanac
This classic American author is known by a different name than his real one, Samuel L. Clemens.
Mark Twain
This allegorical series features a a hidden world accessed through a wardrobe.
What is The Chronicles of Narnia?
These guys are known for writing gruesome fairy tales which Disney has since adapted to provide happily ever afters.
the Grimm Brothers
This book was written when a friend dared the author to write a book using fewer than 50 words.
Green Eggs and Ham
A person must publish this long paper to earn their Ph.D.
a thesis
This historical fiction author publishes under his pseudonym instead of his real name of Edward Irving Wortis.
Avi
The Fort
A team of authors actually works together to publish the animal-based series Warriors under this name.
Erin Hunter
One in five adults around the world can't do this literary activity.
Read