Title and Author:

Type of Book:
(science, how-to, history, etc.) (A story about the transcontinental railroad, for example, would be history).

Purpose of the Book:
(Why did the author write this book?)

How is the book organized?
(How do you find information in the book? Is the book in alphabetical order? Does it go step-by-step? If the book is about the planets, for example, are there separate chapters on each planet? If it's a how-to book about making paper airplanes, how does it teach you to create your planes?)

Illustrations/Charts/Photographs:
(Are illustrations important to the book? If so, why?)

Interesting Part of the Book 1:
(Event, idea, person, fact, etc.)

Sentence about Interesting Part of the Book 1:
(Make sure to include the page number in case you want to look back at the quote and also because your teacher will probably want you to put the page number in parenthesis after the quote in the final copy of your report).

Interesting Part of the Book 2:

Sentence about Interesting Part of the Book 2:

(Add other interesting or important parts)

What did you learn from the book?

What I Thought of the Book:
(My evaluation and recommendations)