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After feedback from the my roughs deadline I came to the conclusion that the interactive elements were a good idea but i felt i needed some sort of character to bring the book together and have a point of focus for the audience. I decided to include a grandad as this character; I think that this idea would appeal to both genders and give them something to relate to. As mentioned before, children like to have a sense of control and asking them to help the Grandad character will give them this as well as teaching them to help others as well as the obvious point of foraging.


The setting of the book will be in beaches, hedgerows and in forests. There will be a question for example, asking the child, "can you help Grandad find some wild garlic?" there will be various flaps and pull outs where different items can be found, the child has to explore the page to find the garlic. The next page will include purely the garlic in a pop our form to further visualise the element and set the scene. It will also give some fun information about the subject. This will be the layout of the book and at the end will be an activity sheet, similar to an earlier concept asking them to draw what they've found, where they found it and what tools they used. This element should encourage the child to actually go out and forage with the information they have learned from the book.

An example of a successful pull out concept

An example of a successful pop-up concept

Initial concept idea located in a garden. Example of layout and
pop-out idea.

progression of idea. Located in beaches, hedgerows and
forests. Elements and interactivity the same as before.

The illustration style came from ins pirate by Eric Carle, i love how he uses paint built up of different paints and textures, I will use something similar to this for my own illustration style. I will use different textures and mainly use Gouache paints as I feel they really textures a piece of work and this will be better suited to my design.

Eric Carles, the very hungry caterpillar. Illustration style.

Example of Gouache paints that I will be using.

I Feel this illustration style will suite 5-7 year olds as it gives an extra dimention to the image, they will want to interact with it, its quite earthy which relates to the activity of foraging. Subconsciously it will bring the design and theme together. Possibly inspiring the child to carry out the activity.

Above are some examples of typefaces I am thinking about using. I have decided I want to use a san serif typeface as its far more legible for the child to read. Typefaces such as Arial Rounded are especially easier, this style is similar to what they are used to reading at school. Although I may add a more creative typeface for title pages and the cover otherwise it could seem as though I'm patronising the child. 7 year olds will be a lot more competent at reading so I need to find the correct balance between all ages with in the age group.

I have considered the cover of my book to be similar to the roughs further up the page. Through-out  the book the grandad may not appear so I think I need him to be displayed on the cover so the child has an image in their head of what he looks like. I will probably have him located in one of the locations in the book as to tease the audience and want them to read further. I will also have a more creative typeface to give the impression of fun into the book, again to excite the reader.