We’re Going on a Bear Hunt- The cover of the book is very simple and contains the family that are going on the bear hunt, so the children reading the book will be able to recognise these characters as they appear on the front cover and are featured in every page of the book. The pages within the book alternate between black and white illustrations and text boxes to coloured illustrations and text boxes, this could be done to reduce costs of printing due to the book containing 40 pages. The illustrator for this book has illustrated for other books such as ‘Farmer Duck’ and ‘The Growing Story’, and they contain very similar interpretations of the characters, as the way they have been created they have very simple facial features and clothes. The colouring for the ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ is shown as bitty, with some sections of the characters not being coloured in, or have gone over the outline slightly, which could have been done on purpose to appeal to the younger children more as it could be seen as a similar way to how they colour in images.

- The method that has been used by Helen Oxenbury to illustrate ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ is the original ideas were sketches and then to create the final book Helen drew the characters first and then she would have used a computer to recreate these illustrations to make them look like they were painted or drawn, to give the effect of drawings that the children would recognise from their drawings.

- The font that is used for the text within the children’s book is Veronan Light Educational. This font would have been used because it is simple and clear to read while also containing small flicks off the end of the letters (such as the t’s and e’s) that help the children to read the text and follow on to the next word.

- Each page contains a similar amount of words, the average amount of words that are on one page consist of around 4 lines per paragraph, with two small paragraphs being on a double spread page. On some of the pages there are only 3 lines of two words that are repeated, such as “Squelch squerch! Squelch squerch! Squelch, squerch!”

- This children’s book contains around 40 pages of illustrations and text. The books dimensions are 25.5 x 0.5 x 28.5 cm.

- The Author of the book is Michael Rosen, who is one of the most popular contemporary poets and authors of books for children.

- The Illustrator of the book is Helen Oxenbury, who is also known for publishing other well-known children books such as ‘Farmer Duck’.

- The Publisher of the book is Walker Books, who are the world’s leading independent publisher of children’s books.

Where the wild things are- Maurice Sendak has created the unique and interesting illustration that covers the front of the book as well as throughout. He has created these illustrations by combining etching with hand painted/drawn sketches. By having unique sketches that contain a lot of detail on the characters and surroundings the book would appeal more to children, as they would be a lot more interested in the images, which can tell the story by themselves. The page set up is very simple with a sentence on one side of a double page that is accompanied by a white-bordered illustration. As the story goes on the illustrations appear to get bigger and end up filling one whole page, and then moving over to cover the page of the text. This could be done to help engage the children who are reading the book and make them feel as though they are in the story.

- The fonts that are used for this children’s book are san-serif style but the lettering is in bold so it can stand out more to the children who are reading it. The bold lettering would be easier for the children to follow, and because there isn’t a lot of text per page the san-serif style would be easy to understand. Each page contains a sentence.

- The Author and Illustrator of this book is Maurice Sendak, who is an American illustrator and writer of children’s books.- The Publisher of this book is Harper Collins, who is a well-known American publishing company.- The dimensions of the book are 23.8 cm x 0.8 cm x 25.6 cm.

Dear Zoo- The ‘Dear Zoo’ books set up is very simple and is easy for children to follow. The pictures that accompany the text refer directly to what is said, so the children have something to look at and picture while they are reading the book. The book was written for children under the age of 5, and the book would appeal more to this age range because it is classed as a lift-the-flap book, which makes the children interact with the book, so they will want to read it and turn the pages. The illustrations are very simple and contain some vibrant colours such as the red cage for the lion and the green snake; these colours would help to keep the children interested in the book and taking part in lifting the flaps.

- To illustrate this book Rod Campbell would have sketched out the animals and objects first then to create the final print of the book he would have painted the animals and objects. The paintings would have been outlined so they stand out to the children as they are reading the book. - The fonts used in this book are similar to the previous books that I have studied, it contains san-serif styled text that is bold, and so the writing is easier to read for the children. Per page, there is at least one sentence; this makes the book easier to read for the children, as they won’t get confused about how many words are on the page and what they have just read if they only have to read a sentence per page.

- The book contains 20 pages for the children to read, this will mean that they don’t get bored easily when reading the story, as it is short. By having 20 pages to read, it means that this book can be picked up when a child is bored for a quick and easy read, while they can also interact with it. As well as allowing the children to read the book themselves because it is short, it would be a suitable book to read before they go to bed because it wouldn’t take too long to read.- The Author, Illustrator and Producer of this book is Rod Campbell, he is a Scottish writer and illustrator. His interest in publishing lead to him to create Campbell Books, which specialises in book for the very young.- The books dimensions are 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm. The books shape is a square.