3321 Blog Entry #3

To effectively evaluate books for children you first have to make sure you pick a book that is right for the age group. We don't want to pick a book that is at a higher or lower standard for the children because than they won't understand it. The story or book you pick out has to be good and interesting so make sure you read it first. Also see if it has a good setting, characters, and ending. We as teachers have to make sure what kind of books we put in our classrooms.

I think that this is value-based because we might like a book and want to read it in our classroom, but we also have to think about the parents of our students and what they would think about it. I think that parents and teachers think differently so we have to be careful because some parents might not want their children to exposed to certain things and thats where values and traditions come in.

Character/setting analysis is important because it's what makes the book or story interesting. If this was not a part of the book it would probably be boring. This is what gets the children into the book to see if they are going to like it or not and it's also for them to better understand what they are reading.