Genres at a Glance

Fiction
• Biographical Fiction
  Brothers in Hope
  Mary Williams224
• Classic Short Story
  Zlateh the Goat
  Isaac Bashevis Singer458
• Folk Tale
  Rachel the Clever
  Josepha Sherman124
• Historical Fiction
  Encounter
  Jane Yolen342
• Legend
  The Legend of the Yakwawiak
  Joseph and James Bruchac614
• Myth
  Atalanta’s Race163
• Realistic Fiction
  The Lotus Seed
  Sherry Garland178
• Short Stories
  LAFFF
  Lensey Namioka30
• The Challenge
  Gary Soto94
• Raymond’s Run
  Toni Cade Bambara538

Poetry & Lyrics
• A Suitcase of Seaweed
  Janet Wong194
• My Fabulous Footprint280
• How Coach Told Me I Didn’t Make the Cut
  Gary Soto326
• Old World New World
  John Agard406
• The Wonder Dog
  J. Patrick Lewis434
• Turkish Proverb472
• Analysis of Baseball
  May Swenson510
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game512
• Possum Crossing
  Nikki Giovanni630
• The Tyger
  William Blake632

Drama
• A Contest of Riddles
  Patricia C. McKissack144

Nonfiction
• Autobiography
  Two Left Feet, Two Left Hands, and Too Left on the Bench
  David Lubar308
• Biography
  Roberto Clemente
  Jonah Winter518
  

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