Geodes Resources
Genre Regardless of genre, every book in Geodes Level K builds student knowledge. Each book has been carefully researched and fact-checked. The genre for each title is listed in the top, left-hand corner of each Book Note. Both content and structure were considered in creating the genre guidelines used to categorize the books in the collection. See the chart below for examples. Genre Category
Sample Guidelines
Literary
Literary Nonfiction
Informational
An original story that may be realistic, historical fiction, or fantasy
A sequenced telling of a real event or a person’s life that may include some invented dialogue, thoughts, and/or feelings
Factual accounts or analysis of events, concepts, or works of art
A retelling of a fable or a legend An assumed point of view Anthropomorphization
Biography Literary presentation of facts
How-to book No invented dialogue or attributed sentiments Text features often included
A literary interpretation of a scientific or historical topic
Titles
American Gothic
Clay Army
Call a Cab
Anansi and His Legs
Ella Sang Back
Is That a Cat?
Bath Night
The First Car to Get That Far
The Flag Is Up
Brush & Ink
Fly, Amelia, Fly
Ladi’s Pots
Build a Log Cabin
Frank’s Ice Pops
Land of Wonder
A Day at the Market
The Golden Gate
Map to the Past
Fabric of the Andes
Lightning Ben
Sea to Shining Sea
Farm Work
Made of Mud
Statue of Liberty
Farmers Market
Pelé
Tap-Tap to Tuk-Tuk
Floating Market
Scraping the Sky
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Galápagos Adventure
Sit and Paint
Garden Party
Sky Laps
The Great Reef Hop around Sydney Ice Harvest Jack, Jill, and Joey Lei Harvest Museum Cat Night Climb One-Dot Peach Picking Red Barn Farm Sheepdog Three Sisters Treasures of King Tut Visit the Art Museum
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