Red Paper Books

Cov­ers from the 7 reader books we designed for Pear­son Edu­ca­tion. Pen­guin Active Read­ers are pub­lished inter­na­tion­ally and fea­ture a wide range of gen­res in UK and Inter­na­tional Eng­lish for ELT. Cov­ers are usu­ally by the artists, but some­times use stock pho­tos or clas­sic paint­ings or prints.

Artists: Mike McK­eever (Mon­key King), Katie Mac (Good Day, Bad Day), Adam Hunter Peck (Sto­ries of Other Worlds), Nick Hard­cas­tle (Bleak House), Sonia Kretch­mar (Under the Bridge).

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Sto­ries of Other Worlds cover art­work: Adam Hunter Peck

Part of the Pen­guin Active Read­ers series for 2010, pub­lished by Pear­son Edu­ca­tion. Three short sto­ries by H.G. Wells: The Coun­try of the Blind, The Door in the Wall, The Young Ghost, illus­trated respec­tively by Adam Hunter Peck, Mike Lacey, and Jamel Akib. (more…)

Cov­ers and sam­ple spreads from the 2nd stage/level of Oxford Read­ing Tree Snap­drag­ons. We were com­mis­sioned to pro­duce 60 titles, in 10 lev­els or stages, using a wide vari­ety of artists, type­faces, lay­outs and for­mats to moti­vate and stim­u­late read­ers. Though clearly lev­eled to pro­vide a pro­gres­sion through the series, each title had to be an inter­est­ing book to pick-up and read for its own sake.

Artists: Andy Peters, David Mostyn, Jess Mikhail, Judy Brown, Lizzie Fin­lay, Liz Pichon

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Snap­drag­ons is part of the ever expand­ing Oxford Read­ing Tree (ORT) from Oxford Uni­ver­sity Press. Usu­ally ORT book sto­ries cen­tre around the Biff and Chip char­ac­ters, with con­sis­tent art­work and type. Not so the Snap­drag­ons branch of the tree. We were com­mis­sioned to pro­duce 60 titles, in 10 lev­els or stages, using a wide vari­ety of artists, type­faces, lay­outs and for­mats to moti­vate and stim­u­late read­ers. Though clearly lev­eled to pro­vide a pro­gres­sion through the series, each title had to be an inter­est­ing book to pick-up and read for its own sake.

Artists: Jan McCaf­ferty, Sue Hen­dra, Jim Kavanagh, Joanne Par­tis, Ian Cun­liffe, Colin Mier

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A fun take on comic book super-heroes, and a good read too. Orig­i­nally 6, now 12, graphic nov­els done in a manga style. These read­ers are aimed at older chil­dren need­ing help with read­ing who would be put-off by books writ­ten for younger read­ers. Ran­som are par­tic­u­larly good at this sort of stim­u­lat­ing read, as is fur­ther demon­strated by their Goal! series.

The artist is Peter Richard­son. He works in Illus­tra­tor, and his art­work is easy for a designer to work with, as the files are highly editable and adapt­able for con­struct­ing pre­lim and cover pages, as well as being eas­ily uti­lized for par­tic­u­lar excerpts in worbooks.

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A series of books that Par­ragon pro­duces for M&S that young read­ers read with an adult. They are all very tra­di­tional fairy tales, designed to give chil­dren con­fi­dence to begin read­ing. These are hard­back books with coloured metal­lic foil block­ing in the titles and logo.

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