Short Form ​(All Genres)

Your Name___​Abigail Torres-Jimenez​___________________________

Title: I Like Myself Author: ​Karen Beaumont

Illustrator: ​David Catrow Publisher/Year: ​HMH Books for young readers/2004

Genre: ​Poetry picture book

Summarize the content of the book –

A. For ​Fiction Form Genres​—Explain the characters, the setting, theme and plot of the
book.
B. For ​Poetry Books:​ Explain the type(s) of poetry and give examples from the book of
fun word choices, lines of poetry and imagery from the poem(s)
C. For ​Nonfiction Genres​ – Explain the information given, how it is shared-what design

B. ​The poetry portrayed in ​I Like Myself​ is narrative. I feel that it is a narrative because it’s written in
the form of a book which tells a story. The words chosen for the book itself provide rhyme making it a
fun read for young children since rhythm tends to a part of young children's appeals. The imagery
portion of the book is simple as the words used to describe are nose, hair, toes etc.

Explain how the book appeals to children, their interests, developmental levels, fun
illustrations etc. Give specific examples from the book:

The main thing that appeals to children's interest is the rhyme the book provides. Rhyme is
something many children enjoy as its a fun read out loud story. The illustrations of the book
are also appealing to children as it is colorful and cartoon like making it fun to look at and
even analyze/describe the pictures. An example of the cartoon like illustrations is,
‘or-yikes!-with spikes all down my spine, or hair that’s like a porcupine, the illustration used
for the text was a girl with spikes down her back and porcupine hair this provides beautiful
text to illustration connection.
Rate the book 1 2 ​3

Explain your rating.

I give this book a three rating because it has plenty of appealing aspect for young readers
which makes it easy to present as a poem. The book also has wonderful illustration that
create a unique form of evaluation outside of the text provided. I also liked the book because
it has idea to like yourself no matter what because your you.