Two reasons why writing to inform is creative writing is because it doesnt always have to be real and your using your own thought process.
Because verbal context effects (when they do occur) are presumed to result from a change of meaning, the broader role of word meaning in recognition was examined. ... It is likely that word meaning is encoded during study of lists of words but is infrequently used in making recognition decisions.
I actually read two of those books and it was the magician's nephew and the yearling. I liked the magician's nephew better than the yearling.