Working for Children

Pre Reader

Pre school  ((3-5years)



Early Reader (5-7years)



Established Reader (7-9years)

Older Age Groups

I found it difficult to categorise pictures. Some illustrators such as Lynne Chapman, Shirley Hughes and Nick Sharratt can work for multiple age ranges without changing their style. Some of this is probably due to fashion for bold simple illustrations. Beatrix Potters detailed complex pictures look too old for the intended age group - my children never liked them when they were young. Generally younger children get more colour and less detail, I guess older children also enjoy these for nostalgic reasons. A lot of the differences in intended audiences seems to be due to text rather than images and I guess the choice of book depends very much on the individual child and their outside influences, older brothers and sisters etc.