Children's books like these are designed to help educate children in the most basic terms. The book I selected for this exercise was a book on learning to count. It was made of a thick cardboard-like material, designed so that children could have tactile interaction with the book without damaging the pages or contents. I imagine the material is also water resistant, even if only minimally. Ultimately, it was created to withstand the occasionally harsh hand of a child, making it a learning tool that would last from one generation to the next. The first page had a single item and a flap with the number 1 on it. Lifting the flap revealed a second matching item, as well as the number 2. The next page had two items, a flap with the number 2 on it, and when flipped it revealed a third matching object and the number three. The pattern continued on and on, until about 10am. It was through this repetition that children learned to count upwards. Each number builds on what came before it, and they build on each other just as the actual count builds on itself. However, it's not just the repetition that makes this book for children; It also implements many visual components to help educate the child. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Each of the pages had a white background, which was actually used to emphasize the content of each page. Since we are dealing with numbers, it is important that the child is able to count how many objects there are on each page and background images would distract from this purpose. The lack of a background also made colors a much more distinctive factor, as well as a tool to be used to educate the child. At first glance, I thought nothing of the colors used on each page. It was only after my groupmate pointed this out to me that I noticed: all the objects on a page would be the same (or similar) color, except the one under the flap. This difference further adds to the polarity of the subject, causing the child's eye to be unconsciously drawn to the color difference. Not only that, but many of the new objects under the fins would face in the opposite direction. This was a very subtle difference that I only noticed after I went back to inspect the pages a second time; on the page with the goldfish they all seemed to be facing right. Only by lifting the door did you discover another goldfish, reddish in color, facing to the left. This simply serves to combine the movement used, both physical and visual. It would seem that the creators of this book went to great lengths to make each new object as obviously different as possible, all while making sure they were still similar to the others on the page. In the case of the apples, which were 6 or 7, the ones seen for the first time on the page are all yellow and green. The apple revealed under the flap was red. In this way, the seventh apple was completely distinguishable from the others, but since there was a slight color variation between the first ones, the red apple would not have been confused with anything other than an apple just because it was a different color. these characteristics – color, movement, texture, repetition – culminate to form the ideal children's book. This is definitely the kind of book I would like to buy for my son one day, as well as the children in my class, now that I know what criteria to look for.