Summary Sheet: Responding to and Analyzing Children’s Books

Author (and illustrator):

Title of Book:

Genre: Identify

Picture book, realistic fiction book, popular genre series, multicultural book, historical fiction chapter book, historical fiction picture book, biography, fantasy or science fiction book, Caldecott or Newbery recipient

Theme:

Brief Summary:

How I Responded/Reacted to the Book:

What I Want to Remember:

Characters	Name	M/F	Age	Race	Socio/Class	Main Action
Main Character
Main Character
Secondary Character
Secondary Character

Setting: Rural, urban, suburban, home, school, outside, in a country outside the U.S., other (explain below)

Literary Features (highlight/explain)

Multicultural, international, strong female character, good role model, written from more that one point of view, literary qualities (such as figurative language, good beginning, good use of dialogue, excellent description, personification,  good example of personal narrative or memoir, other (explain below)

How I could foresee using this book in a library classroom setting: