2019 Children - Picture Books - North Texas Book Festival

Evaluate the book objectively, whether or not you agree with
the author's point of view or style of expression or idiom.
Please do not discuss your evaluation with the author.

Finalists will be announced March 15, 2019
Evaluators, please submit all forms no later than March 6, 2019

Please rate the following by checking the appropriate number.
Each questions must be checked to be able to go to the next question and submit.

Score your responses on a scale of 1 to 5 in which 1=unacceptable, 2=below average, 3=average, 4=above average, 5=excellent. All answers are weighed equally.

2. Overall reaction: After reading the book, rate the quality of the writing, the information and tone of the writing. Is it written on a level for the intended ages? *

8. WRITING:HOW WELL DOES THE TEXT FOLLOW ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES OF GOOD WRITING FOR THE GENRE (i.e., use of active voice, standard vocabulary and usage, clear sentence structure, adequate paragraphing, thesis clearly presented, etc.)? *

9. ESSENTIALS: DO PUBLISHER'S NAME AND ADDRESS, NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT, ISBN, AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR NAMES, COUNTRY WHERE PRINTED AND OTHER ESSENTIALS TO THE PARTICULAR BOOK APPEAR IN THE BOOK? *

10. FORMATTING: DOES IT APPEAR TO BE A PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED PRODUCT, EQUAL IN QUALITY TO A BOOK PUBLISHED BY A MAJOR TRADE PUBLISHER? *

MAKE COMMENTS HERE. PLEASE KEEP THEM CONSTRUCTIVE. *

2019 BOOK EVALUATION - Children - Picture Books