Burglar Bill

By Janet and Allan Ahlberg

LayoutThe book has lots of pictures and each page has one large picture with text beneath it. Whilst others have just one image covering the hole page and on the next page is the text.

The pictures The pictures express a lot of different colours.They are busy but not complicated, therefore making the pictures easy to look at.They are full of different angles and shapes.The reader can relate with the illustrations as they look like they were drawn by hand with pencils.

TextThe font of this book is times new roman, this is easy to read and also looks good in the context of a children's book. The text is kept to a minimum in the book, which gives the reader more time to focus on the images that are very detailed and well drawn.

Hairy Maclary ScattercatBy Lynley Dodd

LayoutHairy Maclary scattercat uses the layout of one picture and one simple line. On one page is the image for the page and then on the next page is the caption for the previous page’s image.

PicturesThe pictures in this book are illustrations which look as though they have been hand drawn with pencils. This is a very good technique for a children's book as the child would usually draw pictures using pencils and paper, so if a child sees the picture, they instantly recognise the drawing style.

TextHairy Maclary Scattercat has used the font times new roman. This is because the font is very easy to read, therefore when the child develops their reading skills, they can easily pick up this book and begin reading without having to constantly ask for help.