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Nonfiction: I plan to share the importance of the different parts of a nonfiction book that are necessary for research purposes, such as a good table of contents, index and glossary.

Historical Fiction
I would like to share with students books that take place in specific time periods that we may be studying in history class, yet the story is universal in the themes, and something they can relate to.

Graphic Novels
I plan to share with current and future students the availability of classic novels in graphic novel form, like “Dante’s Divine Comedy”. I also plan to share nonfiction graphic novels with my students and own children.

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Nonfiction: I personally enjoy reading books on the history of fill-in-the-blank, because I am a social studies teacher and have always been interested in history. I hope to read more nonfiction children’s books in my studies and learn who the experts are and who the go-to authors are.

Historical Fiction
Again, I would like to learn about specific authors that are considered experts in the field and go-to authors for historical fiction. I will use the CBC and National Council on Social Studies to do this further research.

Graphic Novels
I am very excited to read more graphic novels. I never thought of it being used as a legitimate form of literature, but in learning about them, it makes so much sense for me to read more graphic novels since I am a visual learner. I have already “read” The Arrival, which is word-less and has made me very interested in reading more graphic novels.

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Nonfiction: I had never really thought about the importance of visuals in nonfiction. The purpose of visuals to help convey information, not only through photographs, but also the breaking up of the text with “fun facts” or other little tidbits of information.

Historical Fiction
I learned about the Council on Books for Children (CBC) and the National Council on Social Studies, which can be used as a resource to find books that have already been vetted for accuracy.

Graphic Novels
I learned about the white space or gutter of a graphic novel can be used to help convey the story. I had never really paid much attention to it, but when the text or graphics move into that space, it helps tell the story.

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Nonfiction
When I think of nonfiction I think of books that are made of up factual information. These books can be biographies, autobiographies, or books on science or history.

Historical fiction
Historical fiction are fictional stories that are written in actual historical periods such as the Civil War era or colonial times . The story itself is a fictional story which is set in an actual factual time in our world history.

Graphic novels
Graphic novels are narratives that are written in a comic-style format. I have not had much experience with graphic novels, except recently as that was all my nine-year-old wanted to read! As I looked through some of the books he was reading, it is understandable why someone can be so interested in graphic novels, there are lots of illustrations and pictures, just like a regular comic, which draws in the reader and helps them to see the story as they read it.