Penguin’s Children’s cover award 2020

Period of Brief: 4 weeks For Penguin’s Children’s cover award, students are tasked to design a cover look for Goodnight Mister Tom, with specific design template, incorporating the Puffin branding and other specified elements like the barcode. “Two scenes happening in the same timeline” is the inspiration behind the cover design, with the top section depicting St Paul’s surrounded by smoke and fire, while the bottom half showing Willie, Mister Tom, and Sammy running happily in the countryside. The choice of colours is inspired by war posters and a feature by Michelle Magorian. Drawn with gouache mixed with the use of masking liquid, the aesthetic of the cover feels rustic and contrasts well with the digitally rendered text. Requirement: A full cover for Goodnight Mister Tom.