Laurie--Non-Fiction
I used to love sitting and looking through our encyclopedia set at home. I think it was a Britannica set. Haha. I loved reading anything non-fiction that told me about animals-especially horses. As I grew older I enjoyed reading about life in each era in time, the roaring 20's, the hippie 60's, the Vietnam war and the disco era in the 70's. I still love reading non-fiction. I was so excited to pick the book about Mt. Everest and I learning so much. I continue to enjoy reading non-fiction but I prefer history reads about people and major events. I am not one for lots of dates and technical reads .
I try to surround my students with both fiction and non-fiction books. Most of the boys are driven to non-fiction and the girls are most often wanting to read fiction books about animals, however, every now and then they will pick up non-fiction about animals.
Hi Laurie,
ReplyDeleteI am in the same boat as you when it comes to enjoying nonfiction about people and events. I also don't like texts with too much technical information or dates to keep straight - I find it takes me too long to get through those kinds of books, and I get to frustrated to be able to enjoy the read!
I agree with you about the technical information. I also have very similar interests in the different eras. I find the Vietnam War fascinating, because there are so many things about it that I don't know and the information that I do have about it is hard to piece together and make sense of. I think that's why I like nonfiction, because it requires you to research and make sense of things.
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