Fic on Evalua on Form

(Picture Books, Folklore, Modern Fantasy, Contemporary Realis c Fic on, Historical Fic on, Mul cultural Books)

Your Name Wendy Cooper Book Title Moo, Baa, La La La!

Author: Sandra Boynton Illustrator: Sandra Boynton

Genre: Picture Book Publisher/Year: Li le Simon/2019

EVALUATE THE BOOK USING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS

STYLE and Language: Explain the language used – word choices, sentence length, dialogue, rhythm, rhyme.
Explain unexpected insights or interes ng informa on the reader learns from the story. Give examples form
the book for each one:

Word choice: Basic but fun

Sentence length: Very Short
Dialogue: Basic
Rhythm: Fun
Rhyme: Fun
Insights/interes ng informa on Great for reading to toddlers/young children

CHARACTER – Who is the main character? Explain the character’s personality traits. How can the reader
relate to the character, become involved in the story?
Who are the suppor ng characters? Give examples of each from the book.

Main character: The collec ve animals

Personality traits: Normal Animals, but the pigs sing and dance
How reader can relate to main character: We all do things uncharacteris c at mes
Suppor ng characters: The Reader

1. PLOT: (Explains the major events in the story.) Summarize the plot

A er being told that the Pigs sing La La La, the reader then sets the book straight.

2. SETTING – Explain the place and me of the book.

THEME- What is the story’s theme or lesson?
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 Se ng: A Farm. Or just a gathering place for random animals

Theme: Animal iden ca on and animal sounds

ILLUSTRATION –Analyze the illustra ons in the book (see Chapter 4 for details on the categories below.)
Choose a 2-page spread in the book to answer the following:
What Style (realism, surrealism, expressionism, impressionism, naïve, cartoon art)?
Cartoon

Illustra on and Text: explain how illustra on and text combined to tell the story.
Then, explain what illustra ons show that text does not explain?
It is fun and bold and makes you want to read along in the way it’s typed

Page design —Describe:

The Borders no boarders
Use of white/dark space:White space is used to highlight the pivotal text
Text placemen: it looks fun and makes you want to read it.
Font size: Large to Very large and also one page is a li le animated.
Placement of illustra ons: in an a rac ve manner that puts the animals as the main focus.

3. CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORIES – CHOOSE 2 of theories below and evaluate the book according to the
developmental theories. (How the book ts the developmental stage and age?)

PIAGET-COGNITIVE-INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Name the stage Sensorimotor Period: and the age: Infant to 2 years

Explain ONE cogni ve development trait from the stage: Provide a rich, s mula ng environment

Give examples from the book show how the book ts that trait and cogni ve stage: When read with
proper anima on, it will be s mula ng. Also making animal sounds is s mula ng and encourages
par cipa on. The pictures are fun

ERIKSON – PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Name the stage Autonomy VS Shame and doubt and the age. Toddlerhood

Explain ONE social development trait for this stage: Language capacity increases

Give examples from the book that support that social development trait and of this stage: As a child
is introduced to new language, they will use it.
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 EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Iden fy the Age Toddler Hood
Explain ONE emo onal development trait for this age: Trust? The book does allow for interac on. If
a child trusts the reader, the will respond

Give examples from the book to illustrate that emo onal development trait and this age: The end,
with ‘What do YOU say?’
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