Types of Children

Literature
Fantasy

Prepared by:
Doris
Shanina
Vanessa
 ✨ Fantasy 🔮

Events occur outside the ordinary laws that operate

within the universe

Magic is central to the fantasy genre

Fantasy stories often involve journeys and quests

There are 3 ways that fantasy writers set up their worlds

Modern Folktales

Animal Fantasy

Personified Toys and Objects

Unusual Characters and Strange Situation

Worlds of Little People

Supernatural Events and Mystery Fantasy

Historical Fantasy

Quest Stories

Science Fiction and Science Fantasy

 Modern Folktales

Passed down from generation to generation by word of

mouth, which is called oral tradition

Made up to explain the wonders of world or to teach

morals and lessons

Rule of Three: Items happen in sets of 3s or 7s

 Trickster Tales
One character, usually the protagonist, is a clever
trickster that causes problems for the other characters.

They usually goes unpunished for their tricks and antics.

 Fables
These are stories that teach a lesson or have a moral.

Animals with human characteristics

Moral never stated, but need to be inferred by the

reader.
 Fairytales
Include good and evil
characters

Usually has a hero or

heroine

Has magic

Often begin with “Once

upon a time...”

Conflict are resolved

through kindness, courage
or intelligence
 Animal Fantasy

These are stories of quests, battles, cultures, and

journeys with animals as their protagonists.

The animal have anthropomorphic (human-type)

characteristics, relationships, dilemmas, and thoughts.

Very few of these stories involve humans and in those

that do, the animals remain the central characters.
 Personified Toys and
Objects
Stories in which admired objects or beloved toys are
brought to life and believed in by a child or adult
character in the story are the main focus.

An object that has human characteristics or emotions is

said to be personified.

In these stories, toys or inanimate (non-living) objects

have human emotions or abilities.
 Unusual Characters and
Strange Situation

Through reality but take it beyond reality to the

ridiculous or exaggerated
 Worlds of Little People

Worlds inhabited by miniature people who have

developed a culture of their own in this world or who
live in another world.

Legends of little people like-beings, which have given

various names, such as dwarves, elves, and fairies.
 Supernatural Events and
Mystery Fantasy

Stories that fall into this sub-genre often have ghosts,

vampires, witches, werewolves, goblins, magic, or other
things that are in the supernatural realm.

One common form of supernatural literature for

children’s books is the ghost story.
 Historical Fantasy
Time-warp fantasy

Present-day protagonist goes back in time to a different

era

A contrast between the two time periods is shown

Must fully and authentically develop the historical

setting, both time and place
 Quest Stories
Adventure stories with a quest, or search, motif. The quest may be
pursuit for a lofty purpose, such as justice or love, or for a rich reward,
such as a magical power or a hidden treasure.

The conflict usually centers on the struggle between good and evil. The
protagonist is engaged in a struggle against external forces of evil and
internal temptations of weakness. The plots of heroic fantasy are usually
more tightly woven, with all the actions directed toward a single
purpose-the triumph of good over evil.

Heroic fantasy owes great deal to the ancient myths, legends, and
traditional folktales, from which are derived themes, plot structures,
even characters and settings.
Science Fiction and Science
Fantasy

Science fiction creates a picture or story of something

that could happen based on real scientific principles.

Examples of topics: mind control, life on other planets,

space technologies and travel, and future political and
social systems
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