In Class Book Analysis task

To help us research for the main brief Myself and Adam began looking at books with extra elements added, we analysed these and found out how we could take the design from these two books and perhaps incorporate them in our own idea:

Calm Down Boris

 * 3D and textured book, with an added feature of a puppet (of Boris) through cut out holes in the pages. 

*Will create a family reading experience; adults can use the puppet to interact with the books and read the narrative together. It adds an extra fun element. 

* Brightly coloured that will easily catch the eye, especially for children of a young age (perhaps up to pre-school)

*Kinesthetic learners will like this book due to watching the puppet (or using the puppet themselves) to learn the narrative of the story. It build on visual senses, along with sight and feel. Verbal communication can be added through parents speaking the narrative.

*With all of the additional features, it becomes more than just a story which can be taken on in our designs for further development when it comes to the main brief.

*We think it is appropriate because it is 'different'. It has used a creative method to communicate with it's target user which we have estimated to be up until the age of 5. It could easily become a child's favourite book due to the added features and family experience it creates.

The Curious Mind of Young Darwin

*This book is a lot more advanced, with lots of text (and claims the audience is 8 to 80+). We think that it is still very visual (through quite detailed, hand rendered illustrations that are easy to follow and relate too) with chunks of text.

*It used graphic information design, simplifying some complex information into smaller chunks.

*It is interesting because it's based on letters from Charles Darwin (at a young age) so it is at quite a high intellectual level.

*The book would suite visual learners due to the amount of imagery and text to look at. It probably wouldn't be spoken aloud, so would be a book a child would engage in themselves.

*The book is age appropriate as it builds on the fact that children want to explore at that age (about 8+).

*This book aso fits in with the brief with the emphasis on adventure and getting outdoors and features some ideas that could be used for reference.

I really liked the extra elements added in both of these books and felt that was something I wanted to incorporate into my book design. by having these extra elements in the book it makes it so much more than a story at allows the child to interact and feel a part of the story as it is being told. I also decided that I wanted to aim my book at 5-7 year olds and make it a book that would be used for parent and child engagement where they could learn about morals/values of life together.

pop up books
pop up books are a great idea for children to get interacted with a story, i think they look really nice especially this book of the lion, witch and the war