Fiction Evaluation Form

(Picture Books, Folklore, Modern Fantasy, Contemporary Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Multicultural Books)

Your Name: Jennifer Lopez Romero Book Title: Nino’s mask

Author: Jeanette Winter Illustrator: Jeanette winter

Genre: Multicultural Publisher/Year: dial book for young readers, 2003

EVALUATE THE BOOK USING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS

STYLE and Language: Using examples from the book, explain the following: word choices, dialogue,
rhythm, rhyme and sentence length. Also, explain unexpected insights or interesting information the reader
learns from the story. Give examples.

 Short sentences in little text that’s makes a dialogue between people

 It uses words in other language with it is translation at the end of the book.
 It repeats the word catch me a lot of times.
CHARACTER – With examples from the book give the following: Who is the main character? Explain the
character’s personality traits.
How can the reader relate to the character, become involved in the story?
Who are the supporting characters?

 Niño
 Niño’s father
 Niño’s mother
 Buho
 Conejo
 Ciervo
 Caiman
 Diablo
 Tigre
 Perro

1. PLOT: summarize the major events in the story-

 This is the story of Niño one little boy who discovers the magic of masks. Every year
I dream of wearing a mask in the fiesta of being something else for just one day.
“Papa you will wear a hunter mask can I wear a mask this year?” said Niño When
you are older Niño said his father. I can’t wait until next year. If I make a mask of
my own, then maybe I could be a conejo, or buho or calavera or ciervo or caiman or
el diablo or the tiger but I really want to be is a perro. All day I watch the mask-
maker carve. That night I cut a tree while the full moon floats over my head. Perro,
are you there died in the wood? Here is you ears, nose, smiling mouth, eyes, your
 pink nosse and ears and brown rith white coat. Red tongue and black eyes, now I
am perro. Who is this perro? Will this perro catch tiger tomorrow said mom and
dad. Today I will catch tiger, I am ready for you tiger, catch me catch me if you can
sad tiger up here in the clouds, over here. I am catching you tiger, out here out her
no corn this year catch me catch me said tiger. Run perro, we will catch you tiger,
you won’t escape tiger said the people. Viva perro, there will corn this year, run
perro said the people while Niño catch the tiger. Look it is Niño, so small but so fast,
ole Niño, viva Niño said the people. Here I am Niño again, but for one day, I was
something else. And the corn grows and grows and grows and is taller than ever
before.

2. SETTING – Explain the place and time of the book.

THEME- What is the story’s theme/message?

Setting: In a small village

Theme: use a mask to catch the tiger so the corn can grow

ILLUSTRATION –Analyze the illustrations for the book you selected (see Chapter 4) with the categories
below:
Choose a 2-page spread in the book to answer the following:
What Style (realism, surrealism, expressionism, impressionism, naïve, cartoon art)?
 Cartoon art
Media choices (paints, oils watercolors, pencil, pen, charcoal, crayons, acrylic, chalk) :
 paint
Give examples and describe how the following visual elements are used in the illustrations:
Line: curve lines, parallel lines, straight lines
Shapes: square, cirles, triangles, half circle, rectangles
Color: yellow, blue, green, red, black, orange, brown, white, gray, purple, pink.
Texture: soft texture
Explain how illustration and text are combined to tell the story. What do illustrations show that text does not
explain?
 The text is describing the reactions of Niño’s parents when they saw him with the
mask. The illustration shows their reaction and the other illustration show how Niño
have a dream that he is catching the tiger.

Page design: Summarize the following: placement of illustrations and text; the use of borders and white/dark space; are both
pages designed the same or differently?

Both illustrations are different, both pages have a white and black border, the page is
place just on top of on the page.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORIES – CHOOSE 2 of theories below and evaluate the book according to the
developmental theories. (How the book fits the developmental stage and age?)

PIAGET-COGNITIVE-INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Name the stage_____concretional operational ________________________ and the age_7 to
11____________________

Explain the cognitive development from the stage:

Logical thinking with concrete objects and personal experience.
Give examples from the book show how the book fits the cognitive stage:
 Children can explain why nino waned to be another person for one day
 Children can share their experience if they have in any fiesta

ERIKSON – PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Name the stage __________________________________ and the age_____________________

Explain the social development for this stage:

Give examples from the book that support the social development of this stage:

Emotional DEVELOPMENT
Identify the Age ___________7 to 11_______________________
Explain the emotional development for the age:
 Develops ability to consider many sources of information to explain other’s emotions.
Using examples from the book, explain how the book fits the emotional development of the age:

 Children can discuss about the different emotions that people represent in the story
 Children can discuss what would It be their emotions if they could live what is describe in
the story.
2. Overall Rating of the book (3 highest - 1 lowest) 1 2 3
Comments: (Support your overall rating)
 It has a lot of picture and different bright colors but it doe not have a lot of text.