You are about to see the covers of two books. One of these books was designed for school children.

Question 1:Which book was designed for school children?(How can you tell?)

Question 2:Does each book contain the same story? (How can you tell?)

What is different about the pictures?

What is different about the font?

Why do books have covers?

Function

To make a statement

To stand out on the shelf

Identify the book

This is the full Harry Potter collection

GLOW IN THE DARK!

Who is the target market for this set of Harry Potter books?

Today we are going to become book cover designers!

The challenge:

The author of the 3 Hunger Games books has written a new book called:

A to Z of The Hunger Games

This will be a guide to the Hunger Games, with information about characters and the story, organised as an A to Z.

Suzanne Collins

A to Z of The Hunger Games

Your book cover must be:

• Easy to find on a bookshelf

• Recognisable as part of The Hunger Games

• Different from any other Hunger Games book

Things to think about…

Who is the user? What will appeal to them?

What pictures will you use? How big will they be?

What colours will the cover be?

What words will you include? Font type and size?

Will your font be?

Handwritten

FUNCAPITALS

BIG

Super small

ShadowUnderlined

Italic

traditional

fancy

Will you use pictures?