Researching existing products
- 1. RESEARCHING EXISTING CHILDREN’S BOOK Hansel andGretel isa fairytale abouta brotherand a sisterwhoare threatenedbyacannibalistic witchlivingaforest.The style of the bookand the imageryisveryanimatedandfantasised. Ithink an illustration methodhasbeenusedtocreate the booksbecause theylookverypainted. The fonts are reallysimpleasif to resemble how akidwouldwrite.The frontcovertextfontsall blendinwith the trait of calm, unexpectingandgloomyandthe factthat there is normallywildernessinthe background. Leonard Leslie Brooke illustratedthisimage forthe three littlepigsin1904. The style isquite detailedandrealistic.JosephJacobswasthe authorof the original story. The sentencesare veryshortand use simple andplainwordsbecause itwaswrittenasa children’s book. The PiedPiperisa disturbingstoryinrealityjustlike the othertwo(andall children’sbooksseemto be thisway) but because itisfiction,againitismade withsimple illustrations,easyreadingtextand suitable tochildren. The piedpiperisamysteryman whoappearsinHamelintotry get the rats to leave the townfora reward.Whenhe ridsthe townof rats, he isdeniedthe moneyandthen somehowthe childrengetabducted byhim(there are manydifferentvariations).The one Ireadthe pipermade the childrenfollowhimandhispipe overabridge andintothe hills.Iwant to make my versionacarry onfrom the original andmore suitable tokidswithoutasmuchof a dark,depressing vibe aboutit. I have noticedthatall 3 of these andmostfairytales,if notall,were firstpublishedandcreatedin the oldendays.There isnevermore thanone plotto focuson and the visual imageryissimple and basic.