Existing Childrens Book

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George West

The Selfish Crocodile

Author-Faustin Charles
Illustrator-Michael Terry
Publisher-Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (1 Jun. 1998)
Number of pages and Page size-32 pages and 27.3
x 0.6 x 19.1 cm
Visual Style-Bright, textured, cartoon and detailed.
Layout of text and images-The images cover the
whole two page span and the text is over-laid on
the image in the parts with less detail.
Fonts and text per page-The font is simple and
clear to read. There us about a sentence per page.

The Selfish Giant

Author- Oscar Wilde

Illustrator-Michael Foreman and Freire Wright
Publisher-Puffin; New Ed edition (27 May 1982)
Number of pages and Page size-32 pages and 18.4 x
0.4 x 22.9 cm
Visual Style-Hand drawn, simple, plain and muted.
Layout of text and images- The layout follows the
pattern of having the image on the right page and the
text on the left hand page.
Fonts and text per page-The text is in a standard, clear
font. There is around a paragraph per page of text.

Look! Theres Elmer

Author-David McKee
Illustrator-David McKee
Publisher-Andersen Press Ltd (28 Sept. 2000)
Number of pages and Page size-10 pages and 21.5 x
21.2 cm
Visual Style-Bright, busy, simple, hand drawn and
cartoonish.
Layout of text and images-The image cover other
pages across. The text is placed on top of the image in
parts which have less detail and are more plain.
Fonts and text per page-The font is bold and clear.
There is only about two short sentences per page.

Gorilla
Author-Anthony Browne
Illustrator-Anthony Browne
Publisher-Walker; 30th Anniversary Edition edition (3 Oct.
2013)
Number of pages and Page size-32 pages and 22.9 x 0.4 x
29.3 cm
Visual Style-Textured, muted, quiet and realistic.
Layout of text and images- On the right hand side the page
is filled by an image. However the left hand side has a
smaller image and the text for that page.
Fonts and text per page-The font is clear, simple and
standard looking. Each page has around a two short
sentences.