Book Genres For Young Readers

The most enjoyed genre by teens young adults and even older individuals fantasy books are works of speculative fiction which generally revolves around magic the supernatural and witchcraft.

Book genres for young readers. This genre of books has been written with the intention to scare the reader with gory details of blood ghosts vampires skeletons demons and the supernatural world. Books for young readers. Stargirl by jerry spinelli.

These books are all dystopian or utopian books for young adults and in the ya genre so please do not include books that are for adults. The golden compass by philip pullman. Here is a great collection of chapter books for young readers to enjoy themselves or for parents to read aloud to younger children.

We ve listed and defined the most popular book genres in both fiction and nonfiction so you ll know exactly what to look for during your next visit to the bookstore. Its also for those who can t find a book in the other best dystopian utopian books list. Types of children s books include picture books and chapter books.

Number the stars by lois lowry. These selections offer a broad range of subjects places time periods and writing styles selected to help children and students discover the joy of reading. It also helps them identify and convey what kind of readers they are.

Helping kids discover reading genres that interest them makes the search for new books much easier. Think of books like the fancy nancy series or even james and the giant peach these books start to advance young readers skills and blur the line between baby books and grownup books as kids engage with reading. But when you re a major reader it s easy to get caught up in what seems to be an endless array of genres that sometimes seem to box you in.

The hobbit by j r r. For instance if kids understand that the harry potter series falls into the fantasy genre then they can ask a librarian to recommend other fantasy books. Young adult genre examples.