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Penguin Active Readers: Covers

redpaper — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:20:58 +0000

Covers from the 7 reader books we designed for Pearson Education. Penguin Active Readers are published internationally and feature a wide range of genres in UK and International English for ELT. Covers are usually by the artists, but sometimes use stock photos or classic paintings or prints.

Artists: Mike McKeever (Monkey King), Katie Mac (Good Day, Bad Day), Adam Hunter Peck (Stories of Other Worlds), Nick Hardcastle (Bleak House), Sonia Kretchmar (Under the Bridge).

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Penguin Active Readers: Stories of Other Worlds

redpaper — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:47:57 +0000

Stories of Other Worlds cover artwork: Adam Hunter Peck

Part of the Penguin Active Readers series for 2010, published by Pearson Education. Three short stories by H.G. Wells: The Country of the Blind, The Door in the Wall, The Young Ghost, illustrated respectively by Adam Hunter Peck, Mike Lacey, and Jamel Akib.

Country of the Blind

The Door in the Wall

The Young Ghost

Oxford Reading Tree: Snapdragons stage 2

redpaper — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:14:01 +0000

Covers and sample spreads from the 2nd stage/level of Oxford Reading Tree Snapdragons. We were commissioned to produce 60 titles, in 10 levels or stages, using a wide variety of artists, typefaces, layouts and formats to motivate and stimulate readers. Though clearly leveled to provide a progression through the series, each title had to be an interesting book to pick-up and read for its own sake.

Artists: Andy Peters, David Mostyn, Jess Mikhail, Judy Brown, Lizzie Finlay, Liz Pichon

You might be thinking why have they scanned in the covers at such different sizes? That is because the books are different formats, some small, some landscape, some square… The series uses a variety of styles, illustrators, fonts and formats to keep children interested as they read.

Oxford Reading Tree: Snapdragons stage 1

redpaper — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:25:40 +0000

Snapdragons is part of the ever expanding Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) from Oxford University Press. Usually ORT book stories centre around the Biff and Chip characters, with consistent artwork and type. Not so the Snapdragons branch of the tree. We were commissioned to produce 60 titles, in 10 levels or stages, using a wide variety of artists, typefaces, layouts and formats to motivate and stimulate readers. Though clearly leveled to provide a progression through the series, each title had to be an interesting book to pick-up and read for its own sake.

Artists: Jan McCafferty, Sue Hendra, Jim Kavanagh, Joanne Partis, Ian Cunliffe, Colin Mier

The books in stage 1 had very few words! The artwork needed to be clear, fun and bright. At this level the text was always placed at top left of the spread, but because this was Snapdragons we were allowed to use a variety of approved type faces.

Ransom: Boffin Boy

redpaper — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:21:33 +0000

A fun take on comic book super-heroes, and a good read too. Originally 6, now 12, graphic novels done in a manga style. These readers are aimed at older children needing help with reading who would be put-off by books written for younger readers. Ransom are particularly good at this sort of stimulating read, as is further demonstrated by their Goal! series.

The artist is Peter Richardson. He works in Illustrator, and his artwork is easy for a designer to work with, as the files are highly editable and adaptable for constructing prelim and cover pages, as well as being easily utilized for particular excerpts in worbooks.

Parragon: First Readers

redpaper — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:01:39 +0000

A series of books that Parragon produces for M&S that young readers read with an adult. They are all very traditional fairy tales, designed to give children confidence to begin reading. These are hardback books with coloured metallic foil blocking in the titles and logo.