What is your CIP?

The Library of Congress uses a "Cataloging In Publication" (CIP) record to classify your book. Many publishers print the CIP on the copyright page of the book.

For step 3 of your critique, write a CIP summary and subject listing for your manuscript.

Here is the complete CIP for my picture book Window Music:

Author  Suen, Anastasia.

Title  Window music /

Publisher  New York : Viking, c1998.

Description  1 v (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.

Summary  Describes the trip taken by a train as it travels over hills, through valleys, past horses and orange trees until it arrives at the next station.