Zaner-Bloser Superkids Reading Program Big Book

Art Direction, Illustration, Typography, Book Layout

The “Big Book” at Zaner-Bloser is a collection of stories, poems and songs that Kindergarten teachers read to their students during circle time. The team decided that each section would have it’s own illustrator. This would create a unique look and feel for each of the 16 sections. I was the lead designer for this book, so I designed all of the page layouts, title designs and the book cover design. I also provided art direction for the illustrations for internal and external illustrators, as well as illustrating one of the poems myself. The poem I illustrated is called “The Months.” It is about the different seasons throughout the year. My concept was to show one scene that depicted all four seasons being described in the poem. Here you will see the process I used to create the illustration from sketch to final art, as well as a sampling of spreads from inside the book.