Head of Zeus proposes the creation of a new children’s imprint named Head of Hera initially specialising in children’s fiction aimed towards 5-8 year olds. Two series, Finish My Story and What Next? are proposed as the initial titles which Head of Hera will launch with. This will include two titles for each series, in addition to a special edition title for the Finish My Story series as well as digital editions of both titles in the What Next? series. This report includes financial, editorial, production, design and market research for this proposed list. The proposed list has an initial focus of attempting to create an engagement between the reader and the story. For each series, we have devised a different strategy for this.
Series One: The Finish My Story Series
Children take ownership of the narrative by fully-illustrating, finish-illustrating and colouring in the visual imagery of the narrative.
Series Two – The What Next Series
This series allows a reader to choose the narrative of the story. Every other page gives a few different story options where the reader chooses one of the allocated page numbers and story lines, and flicks to the page in the book allowing the reader to have different story lines each time they read it.