I Want A Friend.The layout is quite simple. The photographs are all in squares, and the text is always positioned underneath the square, on a white background, so it stands out very clearly.The writing in the book is fairly simple English.Some names rhyme in order to make them memorable to children, such as ‘ Molly and Polly and Willy ‘. These characters were the bad characters who refused to play with the little princess in the book.The images themselves don’t have too much detail, however the colour shading changes throughout the images, to make it look more aesthetically pleasing. Everything that is important to the story is shown in the images. Only the relevant information is shown.The font in this book is a sans serif font, however it comes across similar to handwriting, as the writing doesn’t look completely perfect and some of the letters are at different heights, so therefore they don’t fall perfectly on the base line. It is very easy on the eye as the writing isn’t joined up and there are nice spaces in between each letter.The book is 26.5cm tall and t has a width of 26cm. Therefore the book is almost square and is easy to hold and read.The book is 32 pages long in total. Tony Ross was the author and the illustrator for this book. The book was published by HarperCollins Children’s Books.

Hairy Maclary and Zachary QuackThis children’s book is about a dog and a duck who chase after each other. To begin with the dog is by itself, relaxing in a bush of flowers, surrounded by trees, yet the duck keeps on following it, wanting to play. Eventually the duck is getting chased by the dog, and the duck leads the dog to where it was first relaxing.

A lot of rhyming is used in this book, to make it flow nicely, so it’s nice for kids to listen to. The images are fairly busy, which means that there is a lot of detail for the children to look at, and there’s a wide range of colours been used. The children can point out the bits of detail and look for interesting illustrations in the book.

The font used in this book is a serif font, which make the writing fairly easy to read. Also the text is quite large. The text is also located on the right side of the double page book, the right hand page is constantly blank throughout the book, so therefore the writing stands out. The left page is the page full of illustrations, which should be where the child’s eyes are drawn towards, as each (left) page is usually full of colour.

The book has a height of 18.9cm, and it has a width of 25.2cm.The book was both written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd, and it was published by The Penguin Group. The book is 32 pages long in total.

Oliver’s Vegetables‘Oliver’s Vegetable’s’ is a childrens book that is written by Vivian French and is illustrated by Alison Bartlett. It was published by Hodder Children’s Books. The book was originally published in 1995.

It is a book about a child called Oliver, and he won’t eat anything else except for chips.His Grandad then plays a game with him, that any vegetable he finds in the garden, he has to eat. This is a great book for people with fussy children.It also helps children to learn the days of the week, so therefore there is an educational side to this book.

The book has 32 pages in total and has the dimensions of 24.4 x 24.5cm. The font used in this book is a serif font, so it makes it fairly easy for the children to read, as the writing almost joins together, and each letter leads onto the next. The text is generally located in the least busiest space, where there is plenty of room for the text to be. Therefore it makes the writing easier to read, and also the writing is quite large.

The book looks as if it’s been painted, and there's a lot of colour and detail in it. Therefore it looks fun and interesting to the children, and it’s generally a busy book. It is a colourful book, which will appeal to children.