Field research

Having decided to create a children's book I could use in education as a teaching resource the first step to take was to look at existing books used in this field and why they were used and how they're successful tools.

Book: 'The Rainbow Fish'
Visuals: Full colour, beautifully illustrated, textured/collage, simple text
Themes: Moral story, discovery, friendship
As a teaching resource: Moral story (sharing, how to make friends)

Book: 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'
Visuals: Watercolour, simple illustrations, full colour/black and white, white backgounds, simple text
Themes: Family, adventure
As a teaching resource: Repetition, interactive (chorus), singing

Book: 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'
Visuals: Colourful, white backgrounds, collaged, simple texts, interactive
Themes: Nature, counting
As a teaching resource: Counting, numbers, life cycle of an animal

Book: 'The Tiger who came to tea'
Visuals: Colourful, white backgrounds, simple illustrations, simple text
Themes: Nonsensical, friendship
As a teaching resource: Fun story, sequel writing

Book: 'Mr. Bump'
Visuals: Very simple illustrations, white backgrounds, simple text
Themes: Nonsensical, moral stories, series,
As a teaching resource: Seried stories, weekly reads