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EL212: Children's Literature

Recommended titles by Genre at the Mitchell College Library

Picture Books

What is it?

Contemporary Realistic Fiction depicts:

  • A modern time period, showing culture and society as we know it today.
  • Real-life situations; stories based on events that are likely to happen in everyday life.
  • Humans as the main characters (or animals, if they are depicted in a realistic way).

Note that while these stories are realistic, the illustrations do not have to be - they are often artful and creative.