Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is a children's picture book with large, colorful illustrations on each page and minimal text below. The pictures are drawn by hand in pencil to look relatable to children. The text is in Times New Roman font for easy readability and allows children to focus on the detailed drawings. Similarly, Hairy Maclary Scattercat by Lynley Dodd has one illustration and one line of text per page in a hand-drawn pencil style. It also uses Times New Roman for developing readers.
2. Layout
The 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.
3. 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.
4. Text
The 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.
6. Layout
Hairy 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.
7. Pictures
The 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.
8. Text
Hairy 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.
