Ethan PayneEXISTING CHILDREN’S BOOKS

ROOM ON THE BROOM

Room on the Broom is a cartoon style children’s book. Most children’s books are cartoon as cartoons are more appealing to younger audiences. The book is set out so there is text on one side and the pictures are on the other side, above or below of the text. These layouts alternate throughout the book. This book rhymes to the text has a rhythm when read. The font is quite small for this book and is a clear font with both upper and lower case letters to help children with reading. The author of this book is “Julia Donaldson” and the illustrator is “Axel Scheffler”. This author and this illustrator have worked on several books together such as “The Gruffalo”, “The Highway Rat” and “Stick Man”. This book contains a total of 32 pages, has an audience age range of 3 – 7 years and has the dimensions of 28.1 x 0.5 x 25 cm. This book was published by ‘Macmillan Children’s Books’ (20th September 2002).

ROOM ON THE BROOM

GIRAFFES CAN’T DANCE

Giraffes can’t dance is a cartoon book ad is full of colour and movement which is what keeps children engaged. The book is set out so the text and the pictures are both on the same page. This book focuses on making the pictures seen more than the text. Every other line in this book rhymes which gives the book rhythm when being read. The font is of a reasonable size, it is easy for children to read and comprehend but it is not too big that it detracts from the vibrant sunset themed colours and importance of the pictures. The font is a simple style the displays both upper and lower case letters. The author of this book is “Giles Andreae” and the il lustrator is “Guy Parker-Rees”. This book has a total of 32 pages, is aimed at children from the ages of 6 - 11 years and has the dimensions of 22.6 x 0.5 x 29.4 cm. This book was published by ‚Orchard Books‘ (1st May 2014).

GIRAFFES CAN’T DANCE

DEAR ZOO

Dear Zoo is a cartoon styled book as cartoons appeal to young children. This book is set out so the images and pictures are on separate pages. On the page with the picture there is additional text below the picture. What makes this book different is because it is an interactive book. You have to open the flaps on each page to discover what animal the zoo has sent. This is very engaging and entertaining for children. The font is a little bit larger than the other who books which will give young children more confidence when reading it. The font is simplistic and displays upper and lower case letters. The author and illustrator of this book is “Rod Campbell”. This books has a total of 18 pages, is aimed at an audience of children aged 1 – 5 years and has the dimensions of17.7 x 1.4 x 17.7 cm. This book was published by ‚Macmillan Children’s Books’ (2nd July 2010).

DEAR ZOO