2. I want a Friend
The book has a hand-drawn style to it, with colors overlapping the black lines to make it look very scrappy. All
of the characters show human-like qualities and are faithfully drawn to the way normal people do, with
exaggerated expressions such as large eyes and ears. I can imagine kids liking this style a lot, as it helps them
distinguish all of the characters from each other in a similar way that the ‘Horrid Henry’ books do.
Both the images and text are kept separate from each other. On every page, the text is placed below the
images, which are displayed in a black border over a white page. This makes it easy for younger readers to
easily separate the two different elements and enjoy them for what they are without getting confused or going
on a hunt for the text.
The font used in the book is Sans-Serif, and there is around two to three sentences of text on each page. The
writing is also very large, making it easy for children to read it by themselves. In total there are 22 pages
throughout the book, and the height and width dimensions are the same.
Author: Tony Ross
Illustrator: Tony Ross
Publisher: Harper Collins Children’s Books
3. The Tiger who came to Tea
The children’s classic features illustrations on the pages that look like they are hand-drawn, but
are slightly more realistic than the previous book, ‘I want a friend’. All of the characters are drawn
more accurately with more realistic facial features and expressions, which helps readers figure
out their emotions easier and possibly relate to them more.
Both the images and text are kept separate from each other. The text itself is always placed below
the images, keeping the book consistent throughout and not confusing readers at any point. They
also don’t differ in size much, meaning that they (roughly) take up the same amount of space as
each other.
The font used in the book is Serif, and is fairly large. Each of the 32 pages consists of two or three
sentences that take up around 30% of the overall space. The use of a Serif font helps guide
readers through the book, subconsciously.
Author: Judith Kerr
Illustrator: Judith Kerr
Publisher: Harper Collins Children’s Books
4. Lost and Found
The illustrations in this children’s book are similar to the other other two’s, in that they aren’t completely
realistic. They all depict their characters in exaggerated and unusual ways, while still keeping their basic
features and shapes.
The text itself is written over parts of the pictures themselves. Doing helps helps integrate the words into the
actual story and potentially make the reading more fun and involving for young readers. It eliminates any
potential white space from showing up and makes the book look more full and colorful However, I can’t help
but think the images would have looked better if they were left alone and had text placed under them instead.
Sans-Serif has been used throughout the book, with the text itself looking like it was hand-written by a a young
person (although it obviously wasn’t). There is also a limited amount of text on each of the 32 pages, with only
one or two sentences being shown on some of them. I feel that it would be better if some of the pages were
combined together to make a thinner looing book. I can see a lot of kids being put off by the books size and
quantity of pages, along with the fact that the text is relatively small. Adding more to it by combining pages
would not only fix this issue, but it would help it stand out more and make it more identifiable.
The dimensions of the book are: 25.9 x 0.5 x 26.5
Author: Oliver Jeffers
Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers
Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books
