Children and

Adolescent Literature
Code: EL111
Instructor: Kristin Mae S. Serafica
Unit 1:
Introduction to
Children and
Adolescent
Literature
Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this chapter, the students should be able to;

Expound on children and adolescent literature and its

historical development in relation to the rich repertoire;
Explain how language development can be achieved
through the use of children and adolescent literature;
Design a sample of children and adolescent literature
following the format learned.
Lesson 3:
Book Formats
for Children and
Adolescent Literature
 Children and Adolescent Literature

Children and adolescent literature are

distinguished as picture books, transitional books,

illustrated books, chapter books, graphic novels, and

verse novels.
Picture Books
 Picture Books

Picture books refer to books with illustrations and

lesser texts.

Picture books consist of verbal narrative and visual

elements in book format for younger

children.
“Picture books are illustrated, but not all illustrated books are

picture books” (Norton,2010)

Picture books are distinctive since they convey the message

through a series of pictures with captions or short texts.

Picture books are recognized according to their colorful and

engaging illustrations that represent the storyline.

They have identifiable strong characterization.

The stories teach a lesson and have a clear concept.

Picture books are easy to recognize due to their length and

size.

Picture books are recognized for their format and style.

Picture books include board books or pop-up

books and picture books.

 Transitional Books
(Easy-to-Read Books)
 Transitional Books

Transitional books are designed for beginner readers

to be successful independent readers.

These books are smaller compared to

picture books or regular books

Illustrations give clues to the message and meanings of the

words, thus easy for the children.

The text occupies the bigger portion of the page.

The words are limited to 250 or less in common easy-to-read

books and must be in one or two syllabi.

Word patterns and repetitions are usually

used.
Some authors break the book into separate stories or

episodic chapters to avoid reading exhaustion.

This is designed to teach children to use the table of

contents.

The majority of transitional books are animal

stories or animal fantasies.

Illustrated
Books
 Illustrated Books

Illustrated Books have lesser pictures or illustrations and have

more text as children mature to be more independent readers.

An illustration is used to strengthen comprehension and grasp

of the events in the story.

Unlike picture books, texts are more necessary

in illustration books.
Graphic Novels
 Graphic Novels

A graphic novel is a terminology coined by Will Eisner to

describe novels easy-to-read that are illustrated and written

as comic books in style.

Although they sequentially tell stories, graphic novels include

fictional or non-fictional content or

anthologized illustrations.
Unlike comics, graphic novels focus on one story.

The plot of a graphic novel is lengthy and the storyline is

more complicated.

In fictional graphic novels, the stories are told signed to

through combining texts and illustrations.

Some graphic novels are originally based on novels.

They are specially designed for those visual learners who

are interested more in reading novels that are illustrated.

Chapter Books
 Chapter Books

These books are referred to as chapter books, young or

junior books.

“Chapter books are long, sufficient for the authors to split

the whole book into chapters”

(Brown and Tomlinson, 1999).

Chapter books can be fictional or non-fictional.

Non-fictional chapter books include informational books

and biographies.
Verse Novels
 Verse Novels

A verse novel is a type of children and adolescent novel

written in verse.

There is a hybrid of the elements of a novel and poetry in

verse novels, although the verse forms

are not strictly definitive.

Characterization, narration, dialogue, multiple voices, and

descriptions are based on the elements of novels.

Each poem in verse novels captures an idea, a moment, a

scene, or a significant mark in the characters' life.

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