Your name: Craig Kubiak

Non-Fiction Template Mod 7

Book #1 Citation (in MLA citation format): Angel, Ann. Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing. Intro. Sam Andrew. New York: Amulet, 2010. Print. Award and Year: YALSA Awardee for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2011 Number of Pages: 120 Directions: Put a checkmark if the feature is present in the book. Make comments where appropriate to elaborate on the use of the feature such as listing the appendices, briefly giving authors qualifications, etc. Nonfiction Used? Comment: Features: Fonts/Special Effects/Design: Titles: Headings: Boldface print: Color print: Italics: Bullets: Captions: Labels: Textual Cues: ! !
In the Time Line section With each picture

Nonfiction Used Comment: Features: ? Graphics (continued): Word Bubbles: Tables: Charts:

Titles for each chapter

Occasionally at beginning of chapters

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Notes section Bibliography and Image Credits Chronicles Joplins life in chronological order

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Pictures throughout the book of Joplins life

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Book #2 Citation (in MLA citation format): Freedman, Russell. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery. New York: Clarion, 1993. Print. Award and Year: Boston GlobeHorn Book Awardee, 1994 Number of Pages: 198 Recommended Level: Middle School (6-8) Organization According to Horner, the organization of a nonfiction book is extremely important, and may be present in enumeration or chronological order. This book is logically ordered chronologically, which is best for this book since this is a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. While there is a table of contents detailing the chapters of Roosevelts life, the first chapter serves somewhat as a sort of preface, as it is a brief chapter about Roosevelt as First Lady. The other organizational element that Horner suggests is important is an alphabetized index at the end of the book, which is provided in this text. Illustrations I believe that the illustrations, which are photographs, are extremely useful throughout this book. While the photographs are certainly old and black-and-white (since Eleanor Roosevelt was alive from 1884-1962), they serve as a wonderful gateway to actually allow readers a view into the past. According to Horning, there are various questions that assist with finding the level that the illustrations (photographs) supplement the text. To quickly answer some of these questions, the photographs are not merely decorative, as they provide a window into some of the events that Roosevelt lived through. Further, the captions are clear and accurately describe what the photographs are focusing on, and I believe that they make the text more appealing, both visually and for informational purposes. Design Horner argues that a books design, or aesthetic appeal, is important because it makes the text more appealing to the reader, can clarify ideas for the reader, or show how various parts are related. I do not believe that this book does an acceptable job with its design. Throughout this book, there is really nothing other than the text and photographs. My inclination as to why this is the case is that it may be due to the year it was printed, 1993, when such aesthetics were not yet widely used. Documentation of Sources This book has a small variety of documentation of sources at the end, including Books About and by Eleanor Roosevelt, Acknowledgments and Picture Credits, and Index. The Books About and by Eleanor Roosevelt section is interesting because it is not a traditional bibliography. Rather, this book briefly mentions, in paragraph format, the books written by Eleanor Roosevelt as well as others written about her that were utilized in the creation of this book. Unfortunately, this book does not include a list of suggested or further reading or a section with notes, as Horning suggests. Summary I believe that this book, Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, earned the Boston Globe Horn Book Award in 1994 because it provides a lot of information about and pictures of Eleanor Roosevelt. While it lacks many of aesthetic appeals of design that Horner mentions, as well as having a rather boring writing style, it was the early 1990s. This leads me to think, along with the fact that I was a young adult during that time, that nonfiction/information texts for young adults were more like textbooks with photographs back then. Overall, if one wants to or needs to learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, this would be a great book to use, especially since its information is organized well and can be easily found.

Book #3 Citation (in MLA citation format): Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. Comp. and Ed. by Margo Lundell. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Print. Award and Year: NCTE Orbis Pictus Awardee, 2000 Number of Pages: 64 Recommended Level: Elementary (4-5) Organization This book is ordered chronologically, detailing the events in Bridges first grade school year. The only real issue that I have, which may not be of such consequence to upper elementary students, is the lack of a table of contents. There is also no index at the end of the book, which Horner believes is of great importance. That said, since I believe that fourth or fifth graders would primarily benefit from this book, they may not use the table of contents and probably would not use the index if they were provided. Illustrations Illustrations are a huge part of this book, and since it is about Ruby Bridges experiences with desegregating schools in the 1950s and 1960s, there are plenty of photographs to serve as documentation. The photographs are in black-and-white, unfortunately, but the majority of them have helpful captions accompanying them. To answer some of Hornings questions related to illustrations in informational text, the photographs do relate to the text (as I previously mentioned), enhance the text by showing first-hand what is being described, and while they are not up-to-date, they are current to the situations the text details. Design The design of this book is a bit better than the previous book, as the photographs are placed in various locations throughout the text and each set of pages has a colorful (brown) title. Otherwise, this book is similar to the previous book with the lack of design. While this was printed later, in 1999, I am not sure why this is. One thing about design that Horner mentions is the placement of illustrations to its accompanying text, which is not an issue in this book. All photographs seem to be aligned to their respective texts. Writing Style I believe that the writing style for Through My Eyes is appropriate for the age level. It is not childish and condescending, nor is it too overbearing. The writing style seems to almost resemble a conversation that Ruby Bridges would have with the reader, which is suitable for this text. I concur with Horner that the writing style is important because it includes the bulk of the text as well as how the reader absorbs that text. Summary Through My Eyes is a great book about the issues that faced young Ruby Bridges when she was one of the first students to go to and desegregate her elementary school. I believe that it won the National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Award in 2000 due to its writing style, organization, and illustrations. The writing style for this book is age-appropriate, the organization is chronological, which makes it easy to follow, and the photographs really assist the reader with what it was like for Bridges during this ordeal.