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Tag: informational fiction

December 23, 2022 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Informational Fiction

Precariously perched between fact and fiction, today's books ascribe themselves to neither world. Enjoy some "Informational Fiction" a.k.a. fiction with facts worked in or factual info with a healthy dollop of fiction.

December 22, 2021 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Informational Fiction

What is truth and what is fiction? And what happens when you stir the two together? You get today's list 31 Days, 31 Lists: Informational Fiction!

December 23, 2020 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Informational Fiction

Today's books are marvelous amalgamations of imagination and reality. They may not be easy to characterize under a Dewey Decimal Number, but they could potentially help kids better understand the state of the world today.

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A Good Old-Fashioned Nonfiction / Informational Fiction Debate

April 1, 2020 by Betsy Bird

A rip-roaring conversation (with only minimal bloodshed) between myself and author Amy Alznauer about the border between fiction and nonfiction in the realm of children’s books and how carefully it should be guarded.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Informational Fiction

December 22, 2019 by Betsy Bird

There are a lot of great books out there in a given year that mix and meld their fiction and nonfiction parts. Here's a list that nods to some of the more stellar titles.

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