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Make sure that your Rating is justified by the opinion stated explicitly in your review. OUTSTANDING:  Outstanding in its presentation of the genre, including style, consistency, design, accuracy, and consideration of audience.  Books receiving this rating will be considered for the annual Distinguished Books List.  ADDITIONAL:  Competent, but may be excelled in its field by other books.  A useful addition to most library collections.  Reviewers who wish to distinguish books at the high or low range of this broad category may use the terms HIGH ADDITIONAL or LOW ADDITIONAL to so designate.  UNSATISFACTORY: Contains so many weaknesses in style, content, and/or book design that it is not recommended for general library purposes.

If unnumbered, count pages and list the number in brackets; [32]. If front or back matter is several pages or more in addition to the numbered pages, please include the additional number of pages in brackets following the numbered pages, for example: 116 [+12].

Additional authors and/or illustrators should all be listed first name first, separated by commas. For up to three additional creators, list as in this example: Candace Fleming, Douglas Florian, & Nathan Hale. For more than three, put “et al” after the second name.

In the translator field, please follow this format:  “Translated from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford.”

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For the hardcover edition intended for general consumers.

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