Scholastic New Zealand Award for
Best Children’s Book 2015
Highly Commended 2015
Designer Carla Sy
Title Teddy One-Eye by Gavin Bishop
Publisher Random House New Zealand
Format 198 x 148mm, 224pp, section sewn, PLC cover, quarter bound. Text stock ivory woodfree.
Judges’ Comments A beautifully balanced book with a lovely interplay between type, colour, illustration and paper stock. It’s the attention to detail that makes this book stand out, right from the wonderful book spine to the delightful endpapers… and everything in between. The illustrator and designer have worked together seamlessly to create a work that has real charm, with type and illustration wonderfully supporting each other increasing their individual powers ten-fold.
