Choice of Books

       When we go to a library we often wonder which type of book to pick.
  For this we should have some prior knowledge of the different type books.

 Here are some to guide you:


1. Action and Adventure - As their name state
 these book include lots of adventure full of high
 risk situations.These books are heroic in nature,
exiting to read and loved by the teenagers a lot.






2. Biographies and Autobiographies:- These include
 the accounts and events of  a person's life.
 Autobiography is written by the person himself
while biography is written by some other person.
We all love to read about the great personalities
who inspire us.







3. Classics are the books which are there for decades
and even centuries and which have nurtured
the  minds of generations. These are also used as
additional reading in class.








4. Graphical Novel: These are loved by children a
lot these days. Its like comics, contain
interesting dialogues,









5. Detective stories:- These stories revolve
around some sort of crime and some detective
is there to find it. These novel are also sought
 after by children for decades.

6. Fantasy: These are based on some magical or
supernatural elements. By reading these books you travel
through an  imaginary magical world created by the author







   7. Horror : Supernatural ghost stories
       are loved by  school kids a lot.
       These are terrifying as well as
       literary. Especially the kids like to read this book very often.






8. Inspirational Books:- These are the books that
 teach you life skills and inspire you to make
 your life better. Also called self help books.







9. Science Fictions:-The stories are
 based on some technology and
                                               future science which give
                                               its  readers a sense of thrill.
                                               These include imaginative elements
                                                and speculative science which is not real.

How to prepare a Book Cover

1. Use any sheet (drawing file/plain paper/ pasted sheet/cartridge sheet etc.), whichever is available at 
home. Try making it in A4 size.

2. Write the name of the book on top centre. Authors 
name should be on bottom centre or bottom right. You may also write the author's name on top if you  wish to emphasize the author rather than book.

3. Write a blurb (short description on the back side of the cover.

4. Find inspiration (image, text or drawing). Make a
rough design first.

5. Draw images related to the book. 

6. Write the text (choose a good font and size)

 7. Write the name of publisher, price and
     make a bar code at bottom right of the backside page.
      Use your imagination.

How to Write a Book Review 

     It’s human nature trying to read anything that comes to his/her sight, but for how long depends upon the interest he/she taking in the text. As Francis Bacon said, “Some books are to be tasted, other few to be swallowed and few to be chewed and digested”. We read different books with different interests. 

     Here is why the Book Review is so important. So, how to write a good book review  

 Step 1. Begin with the introduction of the book.

 Step 2: Write a brief summary 

 Step 3: Write about the most important aspect of the book. The aspect which 

                interested you the most.   

 Step 4: As a young reader are the illustrations good and relevant to the text?

 Step 5: Style of the writer, is the style appealing to you? 

 Step 6: Compare it with similar other books, and also with the other works by the

                same  author.

 Step 7: Give the ratings.