Nikira Nunez

ECE 260

30 September 2017

Picture Book File

Author Nancy Van Laan

Title A Tree For Me

Publisher Alfred A Knopf

Summary A child climbs different trees looking for a place to hide and finds an increasing

number of animals in residence until he finds the perfect tree.

Evaluation

1. Believability: 10 - I give this a 10 because it used animals you would find in trees
2. Major dramatic question: Yes
3. Other considerations: 9
4. Style and language: 10 - Clear conclusion, the child finds his own tree
5. Pacing: 8
6. Character: 10
7. Setting- 10 - All the animals were in the correct setting
8. Theme: 10
9. Other considerations: 7
10. Is it a well-rounded piece?: 10 - It was well rounded, it came together very well
11. Overall rating: 9 - I think this book is at a good length and I like how it gets to the point

without too much going on.

Author Eric Carle

Title Friends

Publisher Philomel Books

Summary A boy's best friend moves away and he travels to find her.

Evaluation

12. Believability: 7 - not really because a child would never travel those lengths alone
13. Major dramatic question: Yes (but slow emerging) - takes steps to find her
 14. Other considerations: 9 - happy ending he gets to be with his friend again
15. Style and language: 8
16. Pacing: 8
17. Character: 8
18. Setting: 9 - too many locations
19. Theme: 9
20. Other considerations: 10 - very colorful illustrations
21. Is it a well-rounded piece? 8
22. Overall rating: 9

Author Eileen Christelow

Title Five Little Monkeys bake a birthday cake

Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary Five little monkeys want to surprise their mom for her birthday by baking her a cake

while she is asleep

Evaluation

23. Believability: 8
24. Major dramatic question: yes
25. Other considerations: 10
26. Style and language: 8
27. Pacing 10- good pace of events
28. Character 8- Look likes monkeys but because it is fiction they are doing human things.
29. Setting 10 The setting is in a home with detailed illustrations
30. Theme 9
31. Other considerations 9 Happy tone
32. Is it a well-rounded piece? 9
33. Overall rating: 8- funny story, keeps the kids entertained

Author David L. Harrison

Title When Cows Come Home

Publisher Boyd Mills Press

Summary Describes what cows do when the farmer looks away and when the cows are on their

way back home.

Evaluation
 34. Believability: 7 - most kids know the functions of cows
35. Major dramatic question: yes (but emerging) - takes a while to know what the question is
36. Other considerations 6 - The story has a simple conclusion
37. Style and language: 8
38. Pacing: 8 - the story moves swiftly
39. Character: 5- The characters do not ring to be true
40. Setting: 10
41. Theme: 7
42. Other considerations: 7
43. Is it a well-rounded piece?: 8
44. Overall rating: 8

Author Sue Heap

Title Mine!

Publisher Reinforced Trade Edition

Summary A little girl possesses all the toys as hers then begins to share with the other children.

Evaluation

45. Believability: 10- This is normal child behavior

46. Major dramatic question: Yes
47. Other considerations: 10
48. Style and language: 8
49. Pacing: 10 Great pacing, just the right amount of ideas are presented
50. Character: 10
51. Setting: 4-I did not know where the story took place
52. Theme: 9 - The theme presented was learning how to share
53. Other considerations : 10
54. Is it a well-rounded piece? 10
55. Overall rating 10- Teaches a good lesson in a way that the children can understand.

Author: Leigh Hodgkinson

Title Troll Swap

Publisher Candlewick Press

Summary The troll feels out of place and finds a girl who is just like him.

Evaluation

56. Believability: 8- Trolls and humans do not interact with each other
57. Major dramatic question: Yes
 58. Other considerations: 7 - The conflict shows the troll trying to find a place to fit in
59. Style and language: 7
60. Pacing: 2 - the story is way too long
61. Character: 6
62. Setting:5 There is no named setting “Far away”
63. Theme: 7
64. Other considerations- 8
65. Is it a well-rounded piece? 8
66. Overall rating -7 - there is too much going on throughout the story

Author Jana Novotny Hunter

Title I can do it!

Publisher Frances Lincoln Children’s Book

Summary Little Guinea Pig explores everyday attractions

Evaluation

67. Believability: 9
68. Major dramatic question: No - not quite sure what the question in the story is
69. Other considerations: 8- Satisfying conclusion, everyone does things differently
70. Style and language: 10 - The language in the story is very descriptive and easy to

understand
71. Pacing: 7 - The story is a little lengthy
72. Character: 6
73. Setting:6
74. Theme:8
75. Other considerations: 10 Happy mood/tone
76. Is it a well-rounded piece? 9
77. Overall rating 10

Author Pamela Allen

Title Who Sank the Boat?

Publisher Penguin Young Reader Group

Summary The reader has to guess who sank the boat

Evaluation

78. Believability: 7 - Farm animals do not go for a row

79. Major dramatic question: Yes - The question was Who Sank the Boat?
 80. Other considerations: 10 - The story carries a clear conflict throughout
81. Style and language: 7- The language has clear understatement
82. Pacing 10
83. Character: 8
84. Setting: 9
85. Theme: 6 - I am not quite sure what the theme being presented here is
86. Other considerations 9
87. Is it a well-rounded piece? 9
88. Overall rating: 10

Author Margaret Wise Brown

Title Goodnight Moon

Publisher Harper Collins

Summary The bunny that is tucked in bed says goodnight to all of his/hers surroundings

Evaluation

89. Believability 8
90. Major dramatic question No - there was no question being asked
91. Other considerations 10
92. Style and language: 10 very descriptive of the surrounding in the bedroom
93. Pacing: 10 the story flowed very smoothly
94. Character: 6- characters where not very animate
95. Setting: 10
96. Theme 9
97. Other considerations 10
98. Is it a well-rounded piece? 10
99. Overall rating: 10 This book is a good bedtime story

Author Deborah Diesen

Title Trick or Treat, Pout- Pout Fish

Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers

Summary All the fish are dressed up and having fun trick or treating while pout pout fish

guesses who everyone is/

Evaluation

100. Believability 6
101. Major dramatic question Yes - The fish is trying to figure out who people are
102. Other considerations 8- Has a clear conclusion
103. Style and language: 7 The story carries understandable language
104. Pacing: 9
105. Character: 8 The fish do not exactly ring true because they are dressed up in

halloween costumes
106. Setting: 10
107. Theme 8
108. Other considerations - 9 Has a happy tone
109. Is it a well-rounded piece? 7
110. Overall rating 9