2. Children's Books
• Children’s book normally go up to the age of 12. They are defined in three different
ways: written by children, for children, or chosen by children. Picture books include:
board books, concept books, pattern books, wordless books. Traditional literature
includes myths, legends, folklore and fairytales. Children’s books include
Anthromorphism, magic accepted as normal, happy endings and stereotypes. Children
books can be very experimental with their design. They are many types of children’s
book and a lot of potential with how creative you can be.
This is a concept creative children's
book about the alphabet. They
teach this in a creative way through
illustration and very little text.
This is a board & concept book,
its designed for teaching children
about animals making it fun with
bright colours and pop out
characters to let the child interact
with the story.
There is massive range of all types
of children's books out there as
you can see from the picture
above.
3. By age category
• In children's book there are different ages categories with in the age range.
• Age 0-5 picture books: These are mostly visual means than text. A range of different
materials are used such as pencil, paint, media and oil painting. The illustrations are much
part of the experience and overtake the written text. Simple illustrations allow the children to
see what is going on. Normally adults will read these with young children then they help the
child to learn to read themselves. Fabric may be used with the illustrations to get the child
involved within the story.
• Age 5-7: These books are usually helped designed so the child can improve their reading
skills. They use more written text that is spaced out and simple for the child to read it easily.
There is some illustration to allow the child to see what is going on and make the book more
young and fun. These may have small chapters
• Young adult Chapter books: Short chapter books- Ages 7-11, These books include short
chapters but more words and more pages to develop children's reading even further. They
are designed to challenge children and to make them stronger readers. Ages 9-12 longer
chapter books- A lot more text than visual means and they are longer chapters which make
the book longer and bigger to read. This develops the reading skills further and prepares
them for adult/ young adult reading.
• Young adult fiction- 12+ These books are designed for teenagers and young adults. They are
easier than adults fiction but not as easy as they contain long chapters mostly text, smaller
print and no illustration. They are to challenge the reading level and prepare them fo0r adult
books. They also allow the stories and writing more advanced.
5. Fonts
• The font style in children's books are very important. Choosing the right font is very
important. Among the most common are Times Roman, Goudy, Garamond, and
Baskerville. These are quite simple fonts that makes the text very easy and reliable to
a child. Children's books are commonly set in a serif font, because of their clean
straight lines: The serifs help to guide the eye from one letter to another making the
text easily readable A sans serif font such as Arial should be avoided for the main body
of the text.
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6. Graphic Novels
• A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using
artwork. The artwork can be very experimental in design or follow a more traditional
comic book format. Graphic novels are normally longer and more durable formats
,They use the same materials and methods as a printed book does it just includes a lot
more illustration than an average novel does. They are generally sold in bookstores
and specialty comic book shops rather than in newsagents. As they have a specific
audience. Such books have gained increasing acceptance as desirable materials for
libraries which once ignored comic books.
7. • Graphic novels are often the inspiration behind films and TV series such as Scott
pilgrim ,Batman or Doctor Who and many recent films started out life as and continue
to be graphic novels. Sometimes this works both ways, with films or TV series
providing inspiration for graphic novels. Here is some of the on screen media which
has reach a graphic novel
8. Text
• The text is really important when creating the graphic novel. The limited text goes with
the image to tell the story. The amount of text that goes with the illustrations is different
with every Graphic Novel, it is up to whoever writes/produces it .It depends on whether
the person finds it easier or harder more or less to add text to their images. There are a
few rules to consider. These are the conventions of traditional comic books and
graphic novels. They are designed to make the story flow easily for the reader. There
are a great variety of tools you can use. These have been developed over a period of
time. Those used to reading comic books or graphic novels understand the different
meanings.
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9. Text
• There are a few rules to consider. These are the conventions of traditional comic books
and graphic novels. They are designed to make the story flow easily for the reader.
There are a great variety of tools you can use. These have been developed over a
period of time. Those used to reading comic books or graphic novels understand the
different meanings
Balloon A balloon tail
points to a character's mouth
as if an invisible line
continued on past the end of
the tail to their face
Joining Balloons with connectors;
There are two instances where this is
used. The first is when a character says
two separate ideas expressed one after
the other.
The second instance is when two
characters are speaking in a panel and the
conversation goes back and forth between
them.
Burst Balloons: These are
used/represents when someone is
screaming their dialogue. Burst
balloons typically aren't italicized,
but are often bold with certain
words enlarged or underlined for
even more emphasis.
Thought balloon: This shows
when someone is thinking by it
being like a bubble. This is
rarely used now and is slowing
fading out.
10. Captions
• There are four different types of captions that can
be used in comic books;
• Location and time: The fonts are the same font as
your dialogue, Inside a caption box and italicized
• Internal Monologue: Captions largely replacing
thought balloons. The inner voice of that particular
character. Typically italicized
• Speak Captions. Shows when someone is
speaking and is off camera. These are not
italicized but use special quote marks
• Narrative captions feature the voice of the writer or
editor are also italicized
11. Layout
• In the earliest comics the layout was always grid format. Over time this has changed to
modernize comics and to make them more interesting. You can now how integrated
scenes and many more different kind of layout formats. As comics grew in popularity
and the talent level increased, artists injected their creative influences and began to
produce layouts that did not necessarily conform to a grid format. While they can be
stunning to look at, these pages can be a logical disaster if not planned properly. The
most common grids are the 9 and 6 panel grids. The 9 panel grid is most useful when
the story contains a lot of information.
