Some years ago a young student (I no longer have name or whereabouts) sent me the following “Criteria for a good book.” I believe it was a student assignment. In any case, here it is, just as it was sent (and spelled). I’ve never read a better analysis of what children’s literature is.
Criteria for a good book
- Corrict spelling
- Good paragraphs
- Understanable-maks sense and words aren’t too hard
- Beginning, muddle, end
- action (not dull)
- complete sentences
- Good characture descriptions
- Lots of details and descriptions
- Funny once in a while
- Friendsminship
- Nice size letters
- Solution to problem-any problem
- Lots of mony in it
- Hast to have letters not blank pages
- Characters have clothes on
- You know where you are without using a book mark