James and the Giant Peach

by Livy Long

I liked this book cover because its quite minimal in its design and colours. The texture put in makes it seem more held back, softer to the eyes. It makes it more appealing I think and suites the story. The characters inside the peach are made to be quickly recognisable without too much detail and I think it has achieved this very well.  The colour on the font makes it more obvious of its purpose. The orange text in sea makes for a thick amount of colour when everything else has lines of cream in them. This makes the cover quite bottom heavy and thats the place eyes are drawn to after the peach. The author name however is in pale blue at the top. It makes it seem whispey and light, an after thought. I think it was less important to the design who the author was and more focused in on the story and narrative itself.