Fiction or Nonfiction

Nonfiction and Fiction

  A nonfiction book is about true things.  All biographies and autobiographies are nonfiction.  Things written in the newspaper are nonfiction.  Newspaper articles about weather, sports, and births/deaths are a few examples of nonfiction.  Books written about history are also nonfiction.

  A fiction book is make-believe.  Fairy tales are fiction.  Some fiction books are Stuart Little and Frog and Toad.   Sometimes fiction books almost seem real.  This is because not everything in a fiction book is make-believe.   If you use your imagination and write a book about a fantastic trip to Africa, some parts of it are facts.   The names of the cities you visit and the animals you see are real.  However the trip is make-believe because you create it with your imagination.

  The next time you read a book ask yourself if you're reading a nonfiction or a fiction book?