paperback / 32 pages
shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013, Junior Magazine Design Awards (best Picture Book and Best New Talent categories) and the Cambridgeshire Picture Book Award 2013
The Journey Home is a special book because it imparts an important message about conservation for kids and this is what’s propelled it’s success; numerous awards including being shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and also it’s new incarnation as a children’s play.
As the first of 7 books I’ve worked on with Frann Preston-Gannon, it’s been exciting to see her style develop throughout and each time we work together, I feel my role as a designer is to complement her beautiful illustrations as best I can. I aim to choose fonts that enhance the personalities of her characters, strike a balance of the text placement – interesting vs not interfering – and collaborate, suggesting ideas if I think they could enhance the book, which Frann is always receptive to.
