ResearchEmma Wells

Book One-Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy-Lynley Todd

What does it look like?The book has been set out so a painted image is on the left page and the story is explained on the right page. The paintings have very bright colours, which would help grab the attention of a child. The pages with the writing are plain white with black font for the words, which can also help grab the attention of the child and make it simple and easy to read.

What kinds of Fonts are used?The font used is a very simple and bold font and is in black so it can be easily read in front of the white background.

How much text is on a page?The amount of text on a page is between 2-12, 2-3 word lines explaining the character(s) on the left and making them part of the story.

What methods do you think have been used to illustrate them?The images have been hand painted with bright colours to gain the interest of the child.

Author, Illustrator and Publisher Author and Illustrator -Lynley ToddPublisher- The Penguin Group

Number of pages and Page sizeThere are 31 pages in total, which are sized 13.2 x 2.3 x 16.1

Book Two- The Tiger Who Came to Tea-Judith Kerr

What does it look like?Each page has both writing and a drawn picture on it with the writing places underneath the drawing.

What kinds of fonts are used?The font used is a bold font that is big enough to be read easily but not take up too much of the page. The font is in black so you can easily read it in front of the white background set.

How much text is on a page?The text is set as a three-line paragraph with a sentence beneath. The sentence beneath carries on the story to the next page.

What methods do you think have been used to illustrate them?The images have been hand drawn with bright, simple, colours that are stereotypical for the characters in the story.

How many pages are there?Overall there are 32 pages in this book on paperback with their size being 22 x 0.4 x 28cm

Author, Illustrator, publisherAuthor- Judith KerrIllustrator-Judith KerrPublisher- HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

Book Three- I Want A Friend- Tony Ross

What does it look like?The images have been painted and placed above the writing, which has an aligned centre.

What kind of fonts is used?The font used is a bold black font, which is easy to read in front of the white background.

How much text is on a page?The text is set out 1-3 lines on each page with an aligned centre.

What method do you think have been used to illustrate them?The images have been painted with bright colours and on some pages the paint has gone over the lines a little which in my opinion makes it look better than it being perfect.

How many pages are there?Overall this book has 32 pages being size 22 x 0.4 x 26.3

Author, Illustrator, PublisherAuthor and Illustrator- Tony RossPublisher-HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks