Informational Books
What are Informational Books?
INFORMATIONAL books aka NONFICTION books
usually written in expository from. The writing conveys viable information about the past, presents, and future.
What is the Purpose of Informational Books?
Nonfiction writers report facts about the real world in biographies and informational books. Stereotypes of nonfiction texts may generally influence the attitudes of informational reading. These attitudes include:
1. Informational books traditionally are not used for pleasure reading.
2. Children's visits to the informational section of the library often are not by choice.
3. Informational books have a reputation for being boring.
INFORMATIONAL books aka NONFICTION books
usually written in expository from. The writing conveys viable information about the past, presents, and future.
What is the Purpose of Informational Books?
Nonfiction writers report facts about the real world in biographies and informational books. Stereotypes of nonfiction texts may generally influence the attitudes of informational reading. These attitudes include:
1. Informational books traditionally are not used for pleasure reading.
2. Children's visits to the informational section of the library often are not by choice.
3. Informational books have a reputation for being boring.
Today's nonfiction for children is both attractive and appealing. No other genre in children's literature has made such dramatic advances in gaining reader's attention (p. 174, 2011).
Finding Good Informational Books
- Attractive Design
- Little Known Facts
- Unusual Viewpoints
- Fascinating Comparisons
- First-person Accounts
Accuracy
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Content must be factual information.
In order to recognize accuracy look at the authors: -notes -references -acknowledgements -appendices Inaccuracies should not be overlooked. |
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Types of Informational Books
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A Peak into Informational Books
Pop Up Book
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by Kate Petty (Author)
Jennie Maizels (Illustrator) Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; Pop edition (September 4, 2000) The Amazing Pop Up Geography Book will give children a different experience in exploring the world. It is packed with information about mountains, volcanoes, continents, countries, and more. Children will love flipping through the pages. The engaging pop-up illustrations include many fascinating facts about the Earth. |
Reference Book
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by Joel Levy (Author)
James Guilliver Hancock (Illustrator) Publisher: Lonely Planet; 1 edition (October 1, 2012) This books will bring readers through landscapes of the Earth, the air, overseas, and underwater. It serves as a guidebook and demonstrates how to survive in the wild by finding food, avoiding diseases, and fighting deadly animals. The illustrations are colorful and fun-filled! |
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Photo Essay
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by Russel Freedman (Author)
Lewis Hine (Photographer) Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (March 23, 1998) This is a photobiography book of the early 20th century schoolteacher, Lewis Hine. His photographs of children working negatively impacted America. Congress passed child labor laws. The book is filled with photographs of children at work, and Freedman's persuasive essay that speaks against child labor. |
Concept Book
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by Donald Crews (Author and Illustrator)
Publisher: Greenwillow Books (September 20, 1996) This colorful award-winning book earned the Caldecott Honors in 1979. Young readers and parents love the simplicity of this book. A colorful freight train takes little ones through the rought in day, night, city, country, and finally disappears in the end. It teaches the simple concepts of colors and more. The updated version of the book offers readers the chance to open each of the cars on the train to reveal what is held inside. |
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Informational Books Reading ListsLinks to list of popular informational books
For Children https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/childrens-informational-books http://www.scholastic.com/100books/ Common Core State Standards http://booklistonline.com/Classroom-Connections-Informational-Texts-and-the-Common-Core-Terrell-A-Young/pid=5641482 For Young Adults http://www.simsburylibrary.info/greatteen.pdf http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction-award |
Teaching the Informational Text"The purpose of informational text is to convey content to the reader" |
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