Children's Genre List for Teacher Education: Books That Persuade

Books that Persuade – These books may be fiction or non-fiction.  The purpose of the story is to persuade the reader about something.  There is no easy way to find these in the catalog.  However, if you look in Google or Amazon, you may find a list of titles that fit this category and then you can search the catalog for the titles in our collection.

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day / Judith Viorst PZ 7 V816 AL 1972

• Can I Keep Him? / Kellogg, Steven PZ 7 K292 CAN 1971

• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type / Cronin, Doreen .PZ 7 C88135 CL 2000

• Dear Mr. Blueberry / James, Simon PZ 7 J1544 De 1996

• Dear Mrs. LaRue / Teague, Mark .PZ 7 T2193825 DE 2002

• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! / Willems, Mo PZ 7 W65535 Dj 2003

• Flossie and the Fox / McKissack, Pat, PZ 7 M478693 FL 1986

• George vs. George / Schanzer, Rosalyn.E 209 .S33 2004

• The Great Kapok Tree / Cherry, Lynne.PZ 7 C4199 GR 1990

• Green Eggs and Ham / Seuss, Dr.PZ 8.3 G276 Gr 1988

• I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat / Hall, Donald PZ 7 H14115 IAAC 1994

• I’m Bored / Black, Michael Ian. PZ 7 B5292 Im 2012

• Old Henry / Blos, Joan W. PZ 8.3 B5984 OL 1987

• The Salamander Room / Mazer, Anne. PZ 7 M47396 SAL 1991

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs / Scieszka, Jon.PZ 7 S41267 TR 1991