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Understanding Genres in Children's Literature: Science Fiction

This guide is intended to help users understand the different genres in children's literature

What is Science Fiction?

Science Fiction Read Aloud

Ada Twist, Scientist    Click on the image to view the title in the catalog 

 

Author: Andrea Beaty 

Grade Level: K - 2

Call Number: E B3809A

Description: Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.

Example Science Fiction Title in the TRC Collection

Oh no!, or, How my science project destroyed the world

Oh no!, Or, How My Science Project Destroyed the World

Call Number: E B2646O

Description: After winning the science fair with the giant robot she has built, a little girl realizes that there is a major problem.

Cloud with a chance of meatballs

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Call Number: E B27553C

Description: Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

Astro Bunnies

Astro Bunnies

Call Number: E L8733A

Description: Astro Bunnies take rockets into space, explore, and return home.

Doll-E 1.0

Doll-E 1.0

Call Number: E M1327D

Description: Charlotte has a talent for anything technological, so when she receives a doll as a present, she upgrades it with a few spare parts and some code to create a new and improved friend.

Earth To Clunk

Earth To Clunk

Call Number: E SM188E

Description:  For a school assignment, a boy reluctantly writes a letter to Clunk of the planet Quazar, sending his older sister with it, but as more letters and packages are exchanged, he realizes that having an alien pen pal can be fun.

1984

1984

Call Number: F OR9N

Description: Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities.

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Call Number: F AD175H

Description:  This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Lowriders in Space

Lowriders in Space

Call Number: F C154L01

Description: Lupe, Flapjack, Elirio customize their car into a low rider for the Universal Car Competition to win the cash prize that will enable them to buy their own garage.

The last-last day of summer

The Last-Last-Day-of-Summer

Call Number: F G3925L

Description: "Otto and Sheed Alston are local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. As summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little more time for fun, eve as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man named Mr. Flux appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange people and even stranger creature Otto and Sheed will have to put aside their differences to save their town--and each other. The Legendary Alston Boys have always lived in the moment, but if they don't do something fast, they may be living this moment forever."-- Page [2] of cover.

The Giver

The Giver

Call Number: F L9556GI

Description:  Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

The Importance of Science Fiction