[LM_NET] Target: ELEM Why is Poetry Non-Fiction?

[Jessica Walsh <jwalsh@POB.K12.NY.US>]

I just started introducing fiction and non-fiction to my Kindergarten students. 
Today they were only allowed to checkout non-fiction books. A few of the students 
picked poetry books and wanted to know why they were non-fiction. I wasn't sure 
what to tell them. Any ideas for a simple way of explaining poetry being 
non-fiction to younger students? 
 
Jessica Walsh
Library Media Specialist
POB Kindergarten Center
Plainview-Old Bethpage, NY
jwalsh@pob.k12.ny.us

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