Spread the loveChildren’s novels that surprise and engage readers are my favorites. My favorite books are those that use the craft of metafiction to get the reader to reflect on the act of reading itself. You can discover excellent instances of metafictional writing in children’s novels if you dig hard enough. Writing that challenges conventional, simple narrative are considered metafictional. WHAT IS METAFICTION? In a self-reflective literary style known as metafiction, the story refers to the writing process. This is a fairly wide description, and as you can see from the novels I’ve listed on this list, metafiction may take … Continue reading METAFICTION IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS