Previous winning entries of the puffin children's design award

Since I'm interested in possibly entering the puffin children's design award, I've just looked at the previous wining entries from last year.

Last year the puffin children's design award was to design a book jacket for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.


1.) Winning entry - by Jurate Laugalyte (Anglia Ruskin University)

I like this entry and can see why it was selected. It's original and clearly illustrates the book, whilst being both appealing to adults and children. It would certainly be attention grabbing on a shelf in a book store.


2.) Second prize entry - Becca Allen (University college Falmouth)

I'm personally not really sure how much I like this entry - it is certainly original, but I'm not sure how much it would really appeal to children, and for some reason, the black circle which encases the title makes me think of a price sticker (but it does make the white text which sits upon it very bold and eye catching).

3. Third prize entry - Sara Dollman (East Surrey College)

This illustration is quite 'dark' for a children's book jacket - although I think it would appeal to children (but may be not so mcuh to parents). The illustration creates a contemporary take on Alice's adventures in Wonderland, which may make the book more appealing to today's generation of children. I'm not sure how much I like this book jacket design, the mixture of different imagery doesn't seem to sit well together.