I bolted straight to the children's book collection and began sponging up inspiration for my own children's book. I had been struggling with the writing of my book up until the visit but have since been able to write it to an acceptable standard.
I looked through all kinds of children's books from new to very old and noticed lots of similarities such as the incorporation of text with image and also the use of white space rather than full bleed images. During the Uganda Children's book project I was focused on producing the most colourful and full images I could and hardly considered the idea of white space. I think this was my greatest downfall.
The point of my FMP is to write and illustrate my own children's book but more importantly to avoid the mistakes made in the Uganda book and to utilise everything I've learnt through doing my critical journal.
Looking through the special collections has really helped to inspire me and help me understand what makes a successful children's book. Here are a few photos of the books and pages that really stuck out for me...
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