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Tiddler: The story-telling fish

Visual Style The art style is quite simple in
terms of design, but has very detailed textures
and a great variety of different assets on each
page. The drawing style looks like it was handdrawn with colouring pencils due to the rather
dull colour palette and sketchy outlines, making
the style look juvenile, but also charming, which
is fine for young children. The character designs
for the sea creatures perfectly replicate their
corresponding specie while simultaneously
looking cartoony, which is one aspect I love. The
backgrounds also look really nice with lots of
different shading, detail and gradient effects.
Layout/Text This book has a large variety of different page layouts. In some pages, if
necessary youll have a full image covering the whole of page (or even two), while in
others there will be like a white background with several images with differently shaped
frames on the same page. The text is presented in a very thin, Times New Roman font that
is placed differently on each page and also changes in size and colour depending on the
image layout, what the images look like and what's going on in them, which can perfectly
reflect the mood of the corresponding page. The text is also very basic with simple
grammar and small sentences to make it easy for younger kids to read and understand.
Despite the variety of page layouts, some specific layouts can be reused throughout the
book due to how the story has quite a repetitive structure.

Tiddler: The story-telling fish

Author: Julia Donaldson (also known for writing The Gruffalo, Room on the
Broom and Zog).
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler (also known for illustrating The Gruffalo, Room on
the Broom and Zog).
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Paperback: 32 Pages
Dimensions: 279 x 250 mm

Green Eggs and Ham

Visual Style The overall visual look is very cartoony, but also quite
detailed; you can tell the book was hand-drawn in that classic Dr. Seuss
style. The character designs have a lot of detail inputted; the lining
around and even other them is scratchy, which adds depth because it
creates shadow effects and the all of the characters body language
and facial expressions are very expressive and unique which means
that each character has a completely new drawing in each page rather
than rehashing the same still image with a few minor edits. However,
the background designs and the colour scheme are both pretty basic:
the variety of colours is very limited, the colour palette is very bright
and saturated, and the background is mainly white with simply-drawn
environments. This a good feature; its not so heavy on the eyes,
making it easy for younger readers to look at while simultaneously
keeping that visual appeal.
Layout/Text The book is entirely character driven which means that text is presented as
dialogue. Although the text isnt laid out with speech bubbles or arrows pointing from one
character to the text, you can still tell whos saying what by looking for these two signs: either the
block of text is next to one of the characters or that character is the only one to have his or her
mouth open on the page. This helps young readers to figure out the source of the speech while
simultaneously not patronizing them. The text has a Times New Roman style font and uses
minimum complex sentences and words for a clever, interesting rhyme scheme which makes the
text easy for younger children to read and understand, but also keeping them intrigued in the
process. The text being laid out bold and large also helps young children to read it.

Green Eggs and Ham

Author: Dr. Seuss (also known for writing The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax and
How The Grinch Stole Christmas).
Illustrator: Dr. Seuss (also known for illustrating The Cat in the Hat, The
Lorax and How The Grinch Stole Christmas).
Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books
Paperback: 64 Pages
Dimensions: 163 x 225 mm

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Visual Style The book visuals were produced
using both paint and colouring pencils. You can tell
by looking at the books visuals: paint stokes are
visible when looked closely, you can see the
dissolved outlines and you can even tell that some
of the shapes were painted on a different piece of
paper, cut out with scissors and stuck onto the page
thanks to the shaped having blocky outlines. The
book is very colourful: there are many different
shades of each main colour in the book which gives
the book detail as well as depth. Despite the variety
however, the book never looks too loud making it
appealing and easy for a young childs eye.
Layout/Text The book uses the same posh, black font throughout all of its pages at the
same size. The text is presented in small sentences scattered in different areas and is
lined up straight, making it easy for children to read. In seven different pages featuring
the food the caterpillar eats, there are holes in each of them as a fun way to show how
the caterpillar ate the food. Also, in the first five pages of those pages in particular, the
first page is cut down in size to one-fifth of the page, and the size of the paper goes up in
a fifth of the size of the paper, giving the book an interesting paperback.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Author: Eric Cale (also known for writing The Bad-Tempered Ladybird, From
Head to Toe and Papa, please get the moon for me).
Illustrator: Eric Cale (also known for illustrating The Bad-Tempered Ladybird,
From Head to Toe and Papa, please get the moon for me).
Publisher: Puffin
Paperback: 28 Pages
Dimensions: 245 x 202 mm