This document discusses criteria for informational books, summarizing several books. It provides criteria like accuracy, organization, design, and style. For example, it notes that Balloons Over Broadway provides a bibliography and sources page to ensure accuracy. How They Croaked includes a table of contents to help readers find specific information. Spiders uses excellent full-color photos that attract young readers while also providing information. Me...Jane and Rosa both use a picture book style to grab young readers' attention while informing them about Jane Goodall and Rosa Parks.

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Assignment 2
Informational Books
Criteria

2.  This book provides accuracy by listing a
bibliography and sources page. The reader can
be confident that the information is accurate.
Accuracy
Balloons Over Broadway

3.  How They Croaked provides a table of contents to
the reader. It makes it easier for the reader to look
for the information it wants to read on instead of
reading the entire book.
Organization
How They Croaked

4.  We Are the Ship provides a bibliography page
located on pg. 83. By providing this page for
reference it lets the reader know that all the
information in the book is accurate.
Accuracy
We Are the Ship

5.  Bishop in the book Spiders includes excellent use of
photos in full color that attract young children to
read it and at the same time provides information
about spiders.
Design
Spiders

6.  In the book Me…Jane the author used a picture
book to write a nonfiction story about Jane Goodall.
Her style of writing grabbed the young readers
attention through the life of young Jane and her toy
chimpanzee.
Style
Me…Jane

7.  Giovanni uses a picture book to inform young
readers about Rosa Parks, an African American that
stood up for her rights. Although it is a picture book
the author used appropriate vocabulary. This type of
style is not only enjoyable for the reader but also is a
great tool for research.
Rosa
Style

8.  Primates unique style is a great way to enjoy an
informational book. The author wrote it like a
comic book to make it interesting to read
instead of a book with pages and pages of
written information.
Style
Primates

9.  It’s So Amazing is written in a unique comic
book style. Not only does it contain
illustrations but also diagrams. Young children
will be able to get answers to any question they
might have about our reproductive system.
Style
It’s So Amazing