book design by robyn budd
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Robyn Budd C O M M U N I C A T I O N D E S I G N
Book design 1
Oh No Noah! is a picture book for young kids,
authored by Heather Keller-hals-Stewart and illustrated by Gwendoyn Monnet. My task was to design the book and coordinate its printing.
I chose the serif font Georgia for the text – easy to navigate for new readers, gentle on a parents’ eyes.
Crayola-box colours com-plement Gwen’s illustrations.
by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart ill
ustrated by Gwendolyn Monnet
Oh N a !ho No
“Oh no,” says Noah. “I’m not eating mybroccoli.”
But if Noah has to eat his broccoli, a funny thing happens. He grows a long neck and teeth for crunching.
Noah the Giraffe gobbles broccoliand most anything growing. Chomp... chomp... he runs out the door, looking for more. He mows the lawn and snacks on a lilac, then stretches his neck for a supperof leaves.
“Oh yes,” says Noah. “My Giraffe eatseverything green.”
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“Oh no,” says Noah. “I won’t stop
saying bad words.”
But if Noah has to stop
saying bad words, a funny
thing happens. He grows
flippers and a dorsal fin.
Noah the Dolphin swims
through the sea. Click... click goes his
sonar, spraying out sound. He shrieks
and squeaks, speaks words that reek.
And nobody knows, because grownups
don’t get his dolphinese.
“Oh yes,” says Noah. “My Dolphin knows
lots of words.”
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R aza, a young whale, has been wounded by a rifle shot and separated
from his orca pod near Robson Bight on northern Vancouver Island.
What happens when he meets up with a grey goose who is on the run from
the butcher’s block? And how and why do these two unlikely pals connect
with a brother and a sister who live on an isolated island? This is a story
about how trust and love can break all barriers.
The Whale’s Way has been called a true Coast classic. Sheila Egoff
writes in The New Republic of Childhood that this book “may have given
Canadian animal fantasy a new direction.”
HEATHER KELLERHALS-STEWART lives on Quadra
Island where she helps her family manage a farm and
woodlot. From her front yard she can look out on the
water and sometimes see whales or porpoises. Of all the
farm animals she has kept over the years, geese are her
favourite ‒ especially one grey goose called Flora.
Some of her more recent works
include the three picture books Skookum Sam ‒ Spar Tree
Man, Brave Highland Heart and Skookum Sal ‒ Birling Gal ;
as well as two young adult novels about mountains and rock
climbing ‒ Witch’s Fang and Extreme Edge.PUBLISHED BY PHOENIX BOOKS ISBN 978-0-9690796-4-4
HEATHER KELLERHALS-STEWART
The Whale’s Way
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Book design 2
H aving the opportunity to work with artists is a very fun
aspect of my design practice. When children’s author Heather Kellerhals-Stewart needed a new cover for a reprint of The Whale’s Way, she commissioned artist and biologist Caroline Heim to create a linocut based on the book’s major characters.
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Raza, a young whale, has been wounded by a rifle shot and separated from his orca pod near Robson Bight on northern Vancouver Island.
What happens when he meets up with a grey goose who is on the run from the butcher’s block? And how and why do these two unlikely pals connect with a brother and a sister who live on an isolated island? This is a story about how trust and love can break all barriers.
The Whale’s Way has been called a true Coast classic. Sheila Egoff writes in The New Republic of Childhood that this book “may have given Canadian animal fantasy a new direction.”
HEATHER KELLERHALS-STEWART lives on Quadra Island where she helps her family manage a farm and woodlot. From her front yard she can look out on the water and sometimes see whales or porpoises. Of all the farm animals she has kept over the years, geese are her favourite ‒ especially one grey goose called Flora.
Some of her more recent worksinclude the three picture books Skookum Sam ‒ Spar Tree Man, Brave Highland Heart and Skookum Sal ‒ Birling Gal ; as well as two young adult novels about mountains and rock climbing ‒ Witch’s Fang and Extreme Edge.
PUBLISHED BY PHOENIX BOOKS ISBN 978-0-9690796-4-4 HEATHER KELLERHALS-STEWART
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Book promo 1
W riter Heather Kellerhals-Stewart commissioned a series of bookmarks for her works of youth fiction. The textual theme –Read BC! – drove a serial design with text, book illustrations and
photographs creating a teaser for each book.
Climban icefall.
Learnthe ropes.Read BC!
Explorean ocean.
Climba peak.
Read BC!
Climba tree. Touchthe sky.
Read BC!
Explore the new.Touch
a dream.Read BC!
Hikeforests. Climb
mountains.Read BC!
Govertical.Find
an edge.Read BC!
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Book promo 2
Escape is an anthology of works by Vancouver Island writers and artists,
for which I was asked to do the promo. With a budget in mind, I chose a single stock image for posters, invitations and
bookmarks.The photograph divided nicely in half for a funtiling effect on the bookmarks.
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An anthology of poems, short fiction and illustrations by twenty-eight writers and artists of North Vancouver Island and the Discovery Islands
esca
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An anthology of poetry, shortfiction and illustrationsby twenty-eight writers and artists of North Vancouver Island and the Discovery Islands
esca
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An anthology of poems, short fiction and illustrations by twenty-eight writers and artists of North Vancouver Island and the Discovery Islands
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An anthology of poetry, shortfiction and illustrationsby twenty-eight writers and artists of North Vancouver Island and the Discovery Islands
escape! the authors and artists for an afternoon of poetry readings, drama, and humour. good food, great chat, and prizes too!
meet
enjoy
campbell river book launch
Saturday November 10 1:30 to 4:30pmMaritime Heritage Centre 621 Island Highway
when
where
added features• Art show, Tidemark Theatre • How our book
came to be • Creating a picture book • A map ofour contributors’ locations
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and Peregrin Publishing invite you to the launch of the ‘Escape’ anthology at
the Maritime HeritageMuseum on Saturday
November 10from 1:30 to 4pm
escape!your invitation to
Poster
Invitation
Bookmark, front & back
Robyn Budd C O M M U N I C A T I O N D E S I G N
Heather Kellerhals-Stewart’s recent work of children’s fiction, Oh No Noah!, was nominatedfor the 2014 Chocolate Lily Award. I designed this series of two-sided bookmarks from Gwendolyn
Monnet’s delightful illustrations to accompany the books’ submission to stores and libraries.
Book promo 3Oh No Noah!
Nominated for the 2014Chocolate Lily Award
by HeatherKellerhals-Stewart
illustrated byGwendolyn Monnet
Peregrin Publishing 2013
Noah says he won’t go to the dentist, won’t eat his broccoli, won’t clean up his room. But if
he has to ... he has a funny, furry, finny solution to the problem.
Oh No!
Available in bookstores or at Heather’s website
kellerhalsstewart.ca
Oh No Noah!
Nominated for the 2014Chocolate Lily Award
Oh No!
Available in bookstores or at Heather’s website
kellerhalsstewart.ca
by HeatherKellerhals-Stewart
illustrated byGwendolyn Monnet
Peregrin Publishing 2013
Noah says he won’t go to the dentist, won’t eat his broccoli, won’t clean up his room. But if
he has to ... he has a funny, furry, finny solution to the problem.
Nominated for the 2014Chocolate Lily Award
Oh No Noah!
by HeatherKellerhals-Stewart
illustrated byGwendolyn Monnet
Peregrin Publishing 2013
Noah says he won’t go to the dentist, won’t eat his broccoli, won’t clean up his room. But if
he has to ... he has a funny, furry, finny solution to the problem.
Oh No!
Available in bookstores or at Heather’s website
kellerhalsstewart.ca