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As mentioned above, there is an amplitude of genres when it comes to books and literature, the two major groups however are fiction and nonfiction. How about getting started with them, and going over each of them in a fair bit of detail…

Fiction
The first major genre that is also perhaps one of the most popularly known genres is fiction. Literary works belonging to this category are probably amongst the more commonly found. Fiction books are all about imaginary or make-believe writing. The thing about fiction though is that it could often be partially inspired by a real-life situation, but that’s about as far as it could go. Another characteristic about fiction is that it is a very large genre on the whole, and has a lot of subdivisions to it. Some of the more popular kinds of fiction are:

► Romance: For anyone that is a stranger to this genre, all I can say is Mills & Boons. Do you still feel like a stranger to the concept of romance novels now? There are only two ways to describe this genre… 1.) People who love it & 2.) People who don’t!! Fiction of this kind mainly revolves around love, relationships and anything that resembles anything sappy! (No, I’m not a fan!). Even if it’s filled with emotional turmoil throughout the novel, books like these inevitably have a happy ending, and everything is all hunky-dory by the time you’re done reading books like these.

Popular works: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë), Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë), Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell), and more recently, Twilight series (Stephanie Meyer).

► Science Fiction: This type of writing is most often made up of time travel, stories set in space, aliens, intense technology and all such characteristics. At times it could well qualify as fantasy too. An important feature of this kind of writing is that even though the major set up may be fictional, there could be elements of scientific truth in them too. Elements such as scientific principles or laws are often stressed on, all while combining it with other highly make-believe instances.

Popular works: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C Clarke), The War of the Worlds (H G Wells), Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury), Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton).

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“True wit is nature to advantage _dressed_ What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.”
- Alexander Pope

True wit is nature to advantage distressed,
What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
- Eve King

O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream
My great example, as it is my theme!
Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull,
Strong without rage, without o’erflowing full.
- Cooper’s Hill

Such is my love, to thee I so belong,
That for thy right myself will bear all wrong.
- Shakespeare (End of Sonnet LXXXVIII)

So precious are true friends who lend their ears
and give their time to wipe away sad tears.
- Joy Saunders

Nodding perfume. In my garden birds sing,
Roses bloom, and I am remembering.
- Josie Falla

But if thou live, remember’d not to be,
Die single and thine image dies with thee.
- Shakespeare (Sonnet III)

These are probably the easiest ones to make – all you have to do is cut and paste! It is as easy as that. Paper puppets give you enough room to make mistakes – especially if you are a first-timer. Also it is possible to add details very easily. All you have to do is draw them on the paper! If you are making a cat, for example, you can use a dark colored sketch-pen or marker and add a tongue! Layering is also a good idea. You can actually cut thin strips and add whiskers on the cat’s face. Small dots could go on to be eyes, and triangles could add ears to complete the cat. Different colors can be used to make the finger puppet attractive and colorful. Cats are never yellow colored in real life – but if your child likes the color yellow, your finger puppet cat could well be yellow colored! A thin red colored strip could become the collar – and voila! You have a cat on your finger!

Felt Finger Puppet Patterns

Felt is a kind of cloth that is made without weaving fibers – it is simply made by pressing wool fibers together into sheets. Felt is very easy to model or mold into different shapes. Felt finger puppets are about as easy to make as paper finger puppets – the advantage being they are more durable. Using cloth gives you the opportunity to stitch hands, legs, ears, and tails (in case of animal finger puppets) onto your finger puppet. They definitely add more dimension to your finger puppet than can be achieved in paper finger puppets. Stitching also means you can experiment with embroidering details onto the puppet. So your finger puppet bunny can well be clad in a dinner jacket!