Selection Tool

Field	Directions	Example
Title	Use title case capitalization as designated by APA and MLA format: 1.   Capitalize the first word of the title/heading and of any subtitle/subheading 2.   Capitalize all major words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns) in the title/heading, including the second part of hyphenated major words (e.g., Self-Report not Self-report) 3.   Capitalize all words of four letters or more.	She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World
Image	Cover image
Author(s):	First Middle Last Suffix If two or more authors, list in order as on the book	Chelsea Clinton
Illustrator(s)	First Middle Last Suffix If two or more illustrator, list in order as in/on the book. If the author is the illustrator, list name in both fields.	Alexandra Boiger
Publication information	Copyright date, Publisher	2017, Philomel Books
ISBN	Locate the ISBN from the book or from an online resource	9781524741723
Ages:	Gather this information from one of the following resources 1.     Indication on the book 2.     School Library Journal 3.     Booklist 4.     Product details from Amazon 5.     NoveList 6.     Publisher’s website 7.     Goodreads If no age range can be found, but a grade range is available, use the grade range.	4-8
Number of Entries	# full entries, # partial entries (if any) Count the number of entrees listed in the table of contents. Groups listed as a collective should be counted as one entry. For texts without tables of contents, count the number of discreet entries. Partial entries are people mentioned in the text in categories such as “other people you should know” and/or about whom less is written than the primary biographees.	13
Use:	Aspirational or Research – Is this text intended to inspire readers or serve as text appropriate for research. Aspirational text may be indicated by: text written in the second person, explicit statements in the introduction or the body of the text; entries written as stories. Research texts may give the reader more specific details. To be considered appropriate for research the author must address their research process through author notes or references. Some texts may be appropriate for both uses. If this is the case, indicate “aspirational and research”	Aspirational
Organization:	Bulleted list of the organization of the text from the beginning to the end.   The following features should be noted without further description: ·  Author’s note ·  Acknowledgements ·  References ·  Table of Contents	·  Opening spread is an illustration of children in an art museum looking at paintings and sculpture of famous women. Writing is in second person telling the reader to persist when told they can’t do something. ·  Each entry includes a rich illustration with a quote from the woman profiled and a paragraph of text highlighting how she persisted. ·  Last page reinforces the importance of persistence with an illustration of the three girls pictured on the cover standing below paintings of themselves as adult women.
Entrants:	Name (Domain(s), Identity Code(s)) ·  List in order found in book ·  Name as identified in book ·  Domain(s) as identified in book with the following exceptions: ·  Any entrant whose domain can be described as Royalty (e.g. Queen, Princess, Empress, Pharoah) list as Royalty ·  Note all entrants who traveled to space as Astronaut ·  See list of identity codes. Use only codes that are reflected in the text (words and pictures). For example, you may know that Billie Jean King identifies as lesbian, but if the text only describes her life as tennis player, do not code QL. ·  If an entry references the husband of the entrant, use the code QH for heterosexual.	Harriet Tubman (Activism, EB, STR) Helen Keller (Activism, EW, DS) Clara Lemlich (Activism, EW, SR, SP) Nellie Bly  (Journalism, EW) Virginia Apgar (Healthcare, EW) Maria Tallchief (Dance, EN) Claudette Colvin (Activism, EB) Ruby Bridges (Activism, EB) Margaret Chase Smith (Politics, EW) Sally Ride (Astronaut, Science, EW) Florence Griffith Joyner (Athletics, EB) Oprah Winfrey (Media, EW) Sonia Sotomayor (Law, EL, DC)
Editorial Reviews:	Include reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly if available	[Full reviews shown from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews]
Notes	Bullet list of any observations not addressed in the organization or entrant list. This is where to put any notes about particular facets of the book that may be of interest to people accessing this selection tool.	·    Appropriate for read aloud
Issues to Note	Bullet list of problematic language or illustrations. See guidelines for evaluating texts. Quote the text or describe the illustration and name the problematic issue (e.g. stereotype). Note identities missing from the text.	·    Maria Tallchief is identified as Native American rather than Osage ·    No attribution for the source material for the quotes ·    No Asian Americans are represented