These are the title pages for each book. They use elements from the spreads of each book to introduce the main characters.
Title: Amazon Adventure Subject: Biology Illustrator: Damien Jones Storyline: The reader is searching for his great uncle Ramsay, an explorer who has mysteriously gone missing in the Amazon rainforest. In the company of some local guides t
Some spreads contained individual snippets of information. Where possible these snippets were combined into a small scene. These vignettes help to convey the density and diversity of the rainforest environment.
The styling of the characters in all of the storylines was of great importance. They had to be realistic and entertaining for reluctant readers to become engaged with the storyline. Early development of all the characters was sketched and approved b
Title: Funfair Fright Subject: Physics Illustrator: David Shephard Storyline: The Magnificent Mayhem Maker (a mischievous mechanical Turk) tricks the reader into releasing a host of ghouls and spirits that run amuck in the funfair. The fun
Where possible, characters address the reader directly in order to help improve the emersion experience for the young reader.
Some questions required the use of simple diagrams to illustrate the particular concept in physics being discussed. These were intermingled with the action scenes of the storyline.
Title: Lost in Space Subject: The solar system Illustrator: David Shephard Storyline: The reader is a patrolman for the Police Agency for Wider Space (PAWS). Whilst on a routine mission near Pluto, he rescues a kidnapped Professor and his
The storyline of this title allowed for a handy combination of interior and exterior scenes.
A metallic background texture is used on some pages to be reminiscent of hi-tech spaceship construction that the reader will have likely seen in other media (TV, movies, games etc).
Title: Secret Formula Subject: Chemistry Illustrator: David Shephard Storyline: Granny Zara's sweet factory has been sabotaged and it looks like the work of the Krusty Korporation (Granny's rivals). The reader gets more than he bargained f
Sometimes complete scenes are illustrated across the spread to create interest for the young reader and alter the pace of the storyline at critical points.
Candy stripes and other imagery associated with sweets are used as background patterns throughout this title.
The workflow for these titles was for us to draw up a very (very) rough pencil sketch to get an idea of what we'd need to lay out each page. We used these to approve layouts with Editorial. Then the illustrator was commissioned to provide pencils ba
Here is an example of a whole spread laid out using our roughs, then the final colour spread artwork.    
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