Children's Literature Multimodal

Reading Challenge!

Want to make your Winter Break more exciting? Join the class reading challenge!

All you have to do is read a book and fill out the reading log sheet I gave you before break. The student with the most read books will recieve a gift card to the Book Fair that will take place the week we get back to school. Good luck, and happy reading!

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Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Modern Fantasy

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Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Overview

Categories

• A story that did not happen, but could have happened!
• " This storytakes place in my world. This is how I live. This book is abaout a person like me."
• Writers of this genre, "observe life around them tot tell their stories, often drawing on their own background."
• Can provide differing perspectives and insight on experiences you personally haven't been through or witnessed --> promote empathy

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• Animals
• Humor
• Mysteries
• Problem Stories
• School Family Stories
• Series Books
• Sports
• Survival and Adventure

Overview

Categories

Modern Fantasy

• Not just a matter of make believe -->same standards as other genres
• "Modern fantasy must have strong believable characters; a strong, credible plot; and should examine issues of the human condition - the universal truths found in all well-written books"
• Presents the reality of the world in an interesting and engaging way (sometimes in the form of a metaphor)
• Can touch on issues that are hard to explore in realistic fiction (ex. friendship, sacrifice, selfishness, the fear of death, death itself, etc.)

• Animal Fantasy
• Toys and Objects Imbued with Life
• Tiny Humans
• Pecliar Characters and Situations
• Imaginary Worlds
• Magical Powers
• Supernatural Tales
• Time-warp Fantasies
• High Fantasy
• Expanded Traditional Tales
• *Science Fiction is a branch of Modern Fantasy

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Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Real stories about real life! Bringing everyday adventures and challenges to a book near you!

Because of Winn-Dixie

The Hate U Give

The Outsiders

Pax

Bridge to Terabithia

The Bad Beginning

Opal is a young girl who just moved to Naomi, Florida with her father, the town's new preacher. Knowing nobody, Opal feels lonely, until she meets a stray dog, Winn-Dixie, at the local supermarket. Winn-Dixie helps Opal learn the meaning of friendship and figure out her place in this small town.

Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo

Age Rating: 7+ Topics: Animal friend, Family, Community, Friendship, and Acceptance

This book follows the Contemporary Realistic Fiction categories of: -Animals -Family -Problem Stories

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16-year-old Starr Carter witnesses her childhood friend, Khalil, shot by a police officer. While mourning the loss of her friend, Starr must learn the importance of using her voice especially when seeing injustice in the world.

The Hate U Give

By: Angie Thomas

Age Rating: 14+Topics: Idenitity, Community, Family, Poverty, Injustice, Racism, and Police Brutality

This book follows the Contemporary Realistic Fiction categories of: -School and Family -Problem Stories

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The Outsiders

14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, recounts his experience with rivaling gangs. Through his story, Ponyboy shows the harmful nature of divide social classes, especially when violence is used more than words.

By: S.E. Hinton

Age Rating: 12+Topics: Self Identity, Group Identity, Gangs, Coming of Age, Adversity, and Social Class Differences

This book follows the Contemporary Realistic Fiction categories of: -Family -Problem Stories

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Jesse Aarons becomes friends with his new neighbor, Leslie Burke. Jesse is artistic and comes from a rather poor family. Leslie is a tomboy that comes from a wealthy family. Despite their differing households, the two come together to create a world of their own called Terabithia, where they can escape from reality even if it is just for a moment.

Bridge to Terabithia

By: Katherine Patterson

Age Rating: 9+Topics: Identity, Family, Friendship, Imagination, and Childhood Innocence

This book follows the Contemporary Realistic Fiction categories of: -School and Family -Problem Stories -Adventure

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A young boy, Peter, rescues a fox that he decided to adpot and call Pax. The two are inseperable. But, when Peter's father enlists in the military, Peter must return Pax to the forest, and live with his grandfather who is hundreds of miles away. Desperate for his beloved pet, Peter runs away from his grandfather's to try an find Pax. Pax, missing Peter greatly, waits for his return no matter how long it takes.

Pax

By: Sara Pennypackers

Age Rating: 9+Topics: Animal Friend

This book follows the Contemporary Realistic Fiction categories of: -Animals -Family -Problem Stories

-Adventure -Series Books

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After the death of their parents, the orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, must live with their distant relative, Count Olaf. Count Olaf is not what he seems though. He seems more interested in the inheritance the children recieved rather than taking care of them. How will the children escape their relative? Who will they turn to?

The Bad Beginning

By: Lemony Snicket

Age Rating: 9+Topics: Family, Overcoming Challenges, and Dark Humor

This book follows the Contemporary Realistic Fiction categories of: -Family -Problem Stories -Series Books -Adventure

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Modern Fantasy

Where magic meets the natural world you already know! Ready for a fantastic adventure?

The Tale of Desperaux

Coraline

Alice in Wonderland

Tuck Everlasting

The Hunger Games

Cinder

The story of a courageous mouse, Desperaux Tilling, and his adventure in saving the beautiful Princess Pea, from the evil rats that kidnapped her.

The Tale of Desperaux

By: Kate DiCamillo

Age Rating: 7+Topics: Good v. Evil, Love, Loyalty, Courage, Identity, and Adventure

This book follows the Modern Fantasy category of: - Animal Fantasy Noticebale Fantasy Motifs: -Good v. Evil -Heroism

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Coraline Jones and her family move into an apartment of an old house. Coraline quickly learns that the house holds dark secrets, one of which is a secret portal to another world. As nice as this other world is, Coraline can't help but feel an evil prescence in this world.

Coraline

By: Neil Gaiman

Age Rating: 9+Topics: Fantasy, Horror, Family, Adventure, Identity, and Coming of Age

This book follows the Modern Fantasy category of: -Imaginary Worlds Noticebale Fantasy Motifs: -Good v. Evil -Heroism -Other Worlds -Magic

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A young girl, Alice, fall through a rabbit hole and discovers a place called Wonderland. Wonderland is filled with adventure and very odd events like a grinning cat and a game of croquet where the flamingos are the mallets.

Alice in Wonderland

By: Lewis Carroll

Age Rating: 7+Topics: Childhood Innocence, Growing Up, Dreams, Adventure, and Identity

This book follows the Modern Fantasy category of: -Imaginary World Noticebale Fantasy Motifs: -Good v. Evil -Heroism -Other Worlds

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Winnie Foster befriends the Tuck family after attempting to drink from the spring on their property. However, this spring is not like other springs. The water from the spring can grant immortality to anyone who drinks from it. After spending time with the Tuck family who drank from the spring long ago, Winnie must decide whether or not she wants to live forever.

Tuck Everlasting

By: Natalie Babbitt

Age Rating: 9+Topics: Family, Friends, Immortality, Coming of Age, and The Cycle of the Natural World

This book follows the Modern Fantasy category of: - Magical Powers Noticebale Fantasy Motifs: -Magic

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The story takes place in a post-apocolyptic world. 16 year old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in place of her sister to participate in the anual Hunger Games, where one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts partake in a televised battle to the death.

The Hunger Games

By: Suzanne Collins

Age Rating: 13+Topics: Dystopian, Societal Inequality, Survival, Power, and Control

This book follows the Modern Fantasy category of: - High Fantasy -*Science Fiction Noticebale Fantasy Motifs: -Heroism

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Cinder is a sixteen year old gifted mechanic and cyborg, who is hated by her step-mother. As a deadly plague threatens the world of humans and androids, Cinder must uncover her mysterious past in order to save the world she loves.

Cinder

By: Marissa Meyer

Age Rating: 13+Topics: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Cinderella retelling, Romance, and Dystopian

This book follows the Modern Fantasy category of: - High Fantasy -Expanded Traditional Tale (Cinderella) -*Science Fiction Noticebale Fantasy Motifs: -Good v. Evil -Heroism

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Continue following Pax on his journey and read the sequel, Pax: Journey Home!

This book has a sequel called "Alice Through the Looking Glass". Or if you are looking for a new perspective on the tale try reading some titles that were inspired by the novel. Here's a list of a few of those title: -Return to Wonderland -One Day in Wonderland by Kathleen Krull -Wonderland: An Anthology

Read the rest of the Lunar Chronicles series! Here's a list of the titles: -Scarlet #2 -Cress #3 -Winter #4

Want more animal friend adventures? Try some other books written by Kate DiCamillo! Here is a list of some of her other books:-The Magician's Elephant -The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

This is the first book in the Series of Unfortunate Events Series. If you liked this book continue following the Baudelaire children on their adventures!

This is the first book in The Hunger Games series. Here is a list of the other titles in the series:-Catching Fire (Book #2) -Mockingjay (Book #3) -The Ballad of Songburds and Snakes (Prequel to the series)

Want more animal friend adventures? Try some other books written by Kate DiCamillo! Here is a list of some of her other books: --The Tale of Desperaux -The Magician's Elephant -The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Try some books with a similar style! Here are some titles of books that resemble the plot and style of Tuck Everlasting: -The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Chronicle of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

Here is a list of some stories that are similar to the dark adventure in Coraline -100 Cupboards -The Spiderwick Chronicles series --The Graveyard Book -Inkheart series

Some books that are similar to Bridge to Terabithia are: -Holes by Louis Sachar -The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett -Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Dicamillo

Try some other titles by the same author. Angie Thomas writes more novels about themes similar to The Hate U Give. Here's a list of some of her works: -On the Come Up -Concrete Rose

Try some other books written by S.E. Hinton as they are fairly similar to "The Outsiders". Here is a few of her books to consider for your next read: - Rumble Fish -That Was Then, This Is Now -Taming the Star Runner