Studying Picture Storybooks.
Discussion
ideas
The Cover: purpose (to advertise); what
objects are shown?
Size and position of character: can we predict
what the book might be about?
Colour: do the colours used support this
prediction?
Objects on the back cover and the blurb:
does this support the prediction?
End papers: what are the predominant
colours? Does the story start and end here?
Setting: from the cover and / or endpapers
is the setting obvious?
Title page and verso: purpose
(to inform, author, title, publisher)
Title: biggest font on the page; position
at top
Author and illustrator: next biggest
font
Publisher: usually the smallest font at
the bottom of the page.
Object on title page: usually main
character or significant scene from the story.
Now read the story!
