Guidelines on lay outing of

big books for LR

Ms. Rhea Kristine U. Elnar

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Objectives

Display
Generate Create a creativity
concepts sample while creating
on big book cover of a a sample
preparation story cover of a
story
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Activity 1
10 mins.

Generate concepts/ standards

on big book preparation. Write
your answers on the activity
sheet provided.
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In illustrating a short story for children,

it must be based on at least one (1)
learning competency in the K to 3 key
stage of the K to 12 Curriculum.

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Concepts or
Standards to
consider in preparing
the big books
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A.
Typography
Size of letters, Font Style, and Spaces
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Size of Letters

must be appropriate to the child
✖Kinder: 30-32
✖Grade 1: 28-30
✖Grade 2: 26-28
✖Grade 3: 24-26
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Sans Serif Font Styles


(easy to read)
✖Arial
✖Century Gothic
✖Calibri
✖Tahoma
✖ Verdana
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Spaces between letters and words

✖Double space (for the
manuscripts only)
✖Facilitate easy reading
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Total number of pages

✖any of the following: 20,
26, 30 or 36 pages
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Number of words per page

✖Kinder: 8 to 20 words
✖Grade 1: 16 to 36 words
✖Grade 2: 36 to 64 words
✖Grade 3: 64 to 100 words
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Number of Lines per Page

✖Kinder: 4 to 5 lines
✖Grade 1: 4 to 6 lines
✖Grade 2: 6 to 8 lines
✖Grade 3: 8 to 10 lines
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Number of Words per Line

✖Kinder: 2 to 4 words
✖Grade 1: 4 to 6 words
✖Grade 2: 6 to 8 lines
✖Grade 3: 8 to 10 lines
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Placement
✖Anywhere that facilitates
proper reading; may utilize
per page or per spread.
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Margins/ gutters
✖No required gutter and
margins
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Page Number Placement

✖No required page number
assignment; if there is,
mirror pagination shall be
observed.
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B. 

Big Book Cover Elements
Lay out, Cover, Text & Visuals
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Layout and Cover

✖Must be appropriate to the
child
✖Cover is attractive and
pleasing
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Text and Visuals

✖The presentation of the

story should be by panel
(illustration and text),
utilizing either the whole
page or two –page spread.
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Text and Visuals

✖Option 1: For each panel,
sequence (two-page spread),
text may be placed on one
page and illustration on the
adjacent page to facilitate
picture-aided reading.
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Text and Visuals

✖Option 2: For each panel
sequence (two-page spread),
text and illustrations may be
placed together to create a
visually comprehensible story
reading.
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Story panels
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Text and Visuals

✖Option 3: For each panel
(whole page), text and
illustrations may be placed
together to facilitate visual
comprehensible story
reading.
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C. 



Artwork Style Guide
Resolution, File Format, Color Mode,
Medium
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Image Resolution

✖300 DPI or higher on A4

actual size
✖higher DPI means
increased detail
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File Format

✖Editable desktop
publishing software copy
and a protected data file
copy
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Color Mode
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Medium

No specific medium is
required, you may utilize
the standard and novel
media.
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Pagination Guide
PAGE CONTENT
1 Cover
2 Inside Front Cover
3 Endpaper (may be decorated)

4 Copyright Page
5 Title Page
6 to 30 Story panels/ sequences
31 List of Learning Competencies and processing
questions
32 Activities for the development of LCs

33 Additional Activities
34 Endpaper (may be decorated)
35 Inside Back Cover (author and illustrator’s
identification)
36 Cover Page (contains the synopsis and teaser)
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Activity 2
30 to 45 mins.

Create a sample cover page of the story:

“Ang Mga Sako Ni Lola”
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Cover Page
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Inside Front Endpaper
Cover
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Copyright Page Title Page

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Story panels
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Story panels
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Story panels
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Story panels
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Story panels
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Story panels
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Story panels
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Story panels
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Story panels
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End pape
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Inside Back Back Cover
Cover
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