Adventures in Storytelling: Genre Study

These Web pages are for the support of the Adventures in Storytelling classes taught by Michele Leininger (State Library of Iowa) and Katie Dunnebeck (Southeastern Library Services). 

By the end of each class, the participants will:

1. Understand the history of the genre
2. Recognize trends and current marketing of the genre

3. Identify sub-genres, primary authors, publisher imprints, genre-blends, review outlets, awards and organizations of the genre

4. Use identified information to analyze the library's collection in the genre and develop genre-specific Readers' Advisory tools

Extra credit is available for each session.  Click here to find out about the guidelines.

Please click on the links below to be taken to the resources for each individual session:

• Romance
• Mystery
• Fantasy
• Historical Fiction
• Science Fiction / Horror / Western

General Resources for all sessions:

• IRead - Iowa Readers' Advisory Wiki.  Anyone can view and use it, but you must need the password in order to edit.  The password is readers.
• Readers' Advisory online tools (from the Creating a Readers' Advisory Services class)
• Library Journal article, "The R.A. Media Guide." Links to article in EBSCOhost.
• Writers Digest article, "Sub-Genre Descriptions" by Michael Vaughn

Trainer contact information:

Michele Leininger, State Library of Iowa

Katie Dunneback, Southeastern Library Services