Name of Book: _______________________________________________
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Publisher/ Place/ Year/ # of Pages: _____________________________
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Area of Science/ Topic: __________________________________________
II. Information about topic (facts):
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If there are more facts, write them down on another piece of paper and label it " facts continued). III. Illustrations:
Describe the illustrations in general terms
1. Media used (pencils, water color, photo etc.) ______________________
2. How drawn (realistic, line drawings, cartoon like etc.) ____________
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3. Number of illustrations ___________
4. Effect of illustrations ( How well do they help explain the facts ? Would the book be just as good without the illustrations? Would other illustrations have help explain the facts better? Explain:
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IV. Tell of any other special features
For example: Use of experiments, projects to follow up on, index, bibliography (how many entries), suggestions for further study on related topics, list of books to read for more information.
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