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Your Name: Jennifer Lopez Romero Title: Creatures of the Desert World
Author: Barbara Gibson Illustrator: Barbara Gibson
Publisher/Date: The National Geographic Society, 1999 Genre: Informative
EVALUATE THE BOOK USING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS
1. Explain how the cover and first pages of the book attract and hold the reader’s
interest. Give 3examples from the book
1. In the cover of the book there is a bunny and mountains as the background.
2. In the fist page there are little lion with their mother and one spiny lizard.
3. There are also cactus, something that can be familiar to the children.
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. The book uses a vary of words that can be easy for children to understand.
2.The book also talks about weather and seasons.
3. The book talks about different animals that lives in the dessert; children can learn about new
animals.
ACCURACY – up-to-date research, references given, no mixing of fact and fiction.
Explain:
The book talks about animals that live in the Arizona Sonoran Dessert. And the types
of weather in the dessert.