Nonfiction books

Nonfiction books can be and are a very useful tool to have in the classroom because they become an excellent source of research for a particular subject or person. A nonfiction to me is a book that has about 90% of truth and facts on a certain subject or person with the rest of it being a little exageration to make the story more interesting. Nonfiction books are also great studying tools for both the student and the teacher. If there is something that a student or teacher can't remember about their subject, then they can refer to a book about that subject instead of constantly looking in the textbook which everyone dreads more than receiving a fruit cake for Christmas. A nonfiction book also gives very good insight into a person's life and they come in various shapes and forms of writing.

Books that I like

I like several books that it's hard to pick just one. One of my favorite books is the Neverending Story. It is a "true" fantasy book that takes place in a total amazingly, imaginative land. A young boy named Bastion hides from his school bullies in a book store and meets the grouchy old shopkeeper. While the shopkeeper is distracted, Bastion steals a book that caught his eye titled 'The Neverending Story' and runs to his school and hides in the attic and begins to read the book. As Bastion reads he is instantly transported to a beautiful and magical land called Fantasia and goes on an incredible journey. The land of Fantasia is being destroyed by some mysterious evil and the ruler of Fantasia called the childlike empress is dying. So to save her a young boy warrior named Atreyu is given a quest to find someone who can give the empress a new name. Bastion follows Atreyu on his quest as he reads further into the book where Atreyu enters and fights some of the most dangerous battles, faces the most challenging tests, and stare into the eyes of the most terrifying of evils. I am not going to ruin the ending if you end up reading it yourself, which I strongly recommend, but Bastion makes a most shocking discovery about the connection between himself and the book.
I also love reading manga book which are japanese comic books. There is a website that I go to all the time to read my favorite mangas http://www.onemanga.com/. Here you can read any manga that interest you for free.
For a more classic type of reading I like to brush up on Edgar Allen Poe stories and poems. He is well known for his dark, horrorifying, and anguishing writings of his own deepest fears. My favorite Edgar Allen Poe story is the Tell Tale Heart and my favorite poems are The Raven and Annabel Lee.

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This chapter talks about how a story is broken down and the different elements that makes a story. The elements of a story consist of a plot, characters, setting, point of view, and theme. The chapter also explains how children of various ages have a different concept and interpret stories in different ways. Children at a pre-k level usually have stories read to them and this helps them to begin understanding what a story is and that understanding grows as they become older. Some teachers will have their students keep some kind of journal or reading log to make sure the students read and understand what they had read and their predictions of what might happen next. Other teachers would have discussions in their classrooms. The chapter also talks about how to write a story. There is an old saying that everyone has at least one good story in them. I think people have more than one good story, but their stories are hardly ever told. There are so many ways to write a story, but the basic elements are the same as reading a story.

Traditional Literature

There are several webites that revolve around traditional literature like if you go to Google and type in brothers grimm and click on Grimm brothers' Home Page and it gives a biography of the grimm brothers and you can also read some of their fairy tales on this website. Also if you type in traditional literature on google and scroll down to the bottom and it list some other subjects that are related to traditional literature like traditional children's literature, and traditional literature books. http://www.uleth.ca/edu/currlab/handouts/genres.html this is one of the webites from the traditional children's literature.

Possible books for young readers

Here's a book that is a comic series about a middle schooler going through the trials of adolesence. The preteen and teenage years are the most trying and difficult times, so read about a character who is going through the same stressful problems will give the readers some peace of mind.

Comics are another excellent source of reading. The four images above are some examples of these comics called manga. Manga is a very popular comic type for readers of all ages, no matter if your 5 years old or 40 years old. My favorite mangas to read are fruits basket, vampire knight, trinity blood, naruto, and a lot more. Manga varies from romance, action, futuristic, and horror and it also varies in ratings from young children to mature adults. A website listed as onemanga.com has several mangas that you can read for free and readers have their pick from several genres. For the mangas that are for the more mature readers this website does post warnings and the content of the manga and warns not only the readers, but the parents too.

Maya Angelou speech

Maya Angelou had mentioned many inspirational statements and how she was inspired by other poets and writers like William Shakespeare. One thing she said that really struck me was that she described poetry as music to a human voice. I had always heard that every person has at least one good story in them, but that's not true because everyone has more than one story to tell. Everyone has a voice and they just need to speak up and they will be heard. That is what Maya Angelou seemed to be saying, and another quote she mentioned was "I am a human being, and nothing human is alien to me". Maya said that everything and all types of literature is available to us; every author and poet are available to us if we just took the time to read their works. A person who states to have a major in American or English Literature raises the question if they had read every type of American or English Literature from every background. Another thing that Maya Angelou said that really inspired me was that a person can become a master at everything and how she compared talent with electricity. Everyone has a talent for something and everything but we hardly touch the tip of the iceburg when it comes to our talent. All we have to do is to know ourselves and recognize the talents that we have and nurture them, so they we can master those talents.