• Picture books, including board books, concept books (teaching an alphabet or counting for example), pattern books, and wordless books.
• Traditional literature, including folktales, which convey the legends, customs, superstitions, and beliefs of people in past times. This genre can be further broken down into myths, fables, legends, and fairy tales.
• Fiction, including fantasy, realistic fiction and historical fiction.
• Non-fiction.
• Biography and autobiography.
• Poetry and verse.