Nonfiction Form (Biography and Information Books)

Your Name: Jade Faye Title: My First book of Portuguese words.

Author: Katy R. Kudela
Publisher: Capstone Press/ 2010
Illustrator: Capstone Studios Genre: nonfiction

EVALUATE THE BOOK USING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS

Explain how the cover and first pages of the book attract and hold the reader’s interest. Give 3examples from
the book

1. Bright blue cover

2.pig, butterfly, flowers, socks, ball on cover

3. Family is a common thing in children life and they start with family names.

STYLE AND LANGUAGE – Explain how the book shares information with children. Examples: “little-known
facts;” new vocab sprinkled in the text; and selection of information to create/maintain reader’s interest.
Give 3 examples from the book

1.clothes names

2.family members

3.each page is themed like kitchen items and food*^^

ACCURACY – up-to-date research, any sources or references provided, no mixing of fact and fiction.

Explain: although it was published in 2010 the book only presented vocabulary no confusing information is
presented. And I don't think there a need a fact check this one because i don’t think they’d change then
words or what they mean.

INFORMATION –Explain how the book captures a child’s interest: unusual subjects or viewpoints -
personalized content – new perspectives, first-person accounts, and fascinating comparisons.

Give 3 examples from the book.

1.text bubbles connecting images words

2.titles connect images with words.

3.translations

ILLUSTRATIONS-- Select a 2-Page Spread to evaluate the book with following:

Media (paints, pencils, pen, watercolors, charcoal, photographs, crayon, acrylics, chalk, oils ): Explain the media choices used:

Photographs

illustration and text combine to share the information:

What does the text explain and how illustrated? The whole book has photographs of real things and i think this is better for children
because they’re learning new words. It's important that they see real life things and not cartoons so that they understand.

What do illustrations show that text does not explain?

The illustrations show what the words are.

Page design – Describe the following: use of borders; text placement and font size; use of information boxes, charts or
identification of vocab use of white and dark space; types of illustrations and placement on both pages:

Not a lot of dark blank space but white space. The illustrations cover the whole page the words are small and
just over the object it is or next to it.

Child Development Theories –Select 1 theory:

Identify the stage______________________ and age level_____________________ from the theory.

Select one trait from the developmental stage/level.

Preoperational stage ages 2-7 rapid language and vocabulary development

Explain and give 3 specific examples from the book that fit the development al stage/level.

1. Introducing new vocabulary

2.words in other languages

3.picture dictionary

1. OVERALL RATING (3 high, 1 low) 1 2 ( 3)

Explain the rating: I loved this book because seeing children interact with it is amazing, once children are
introduced languages they love to recite it back and how you they can remember what they learned.