2014 Shortlist – Best Children’s – The Boy and the Cherry Tree
Scholastic New Zealand Award for
Best Children’s Book 2014
Winner
Designer Rowan Sommerset Title The Boy and the Cherry Tree by Mark and Rowan Sommerset Publisher Dreamboat Books Format 286 x 206mm, 46pp, jacketed hardback, uncoated stock, spot UV on jacket and internal pages, gatefold Judges’ Comments Delightful: from the simplicity of the minimal colour palette, beautiful typography and clean page compositions to the subtle use of UV overgloss to depict the water. The Boy and The Cherry Tree is wonderfully illustrated and a great example of less being so much more.
Judges’ Comments Delightful: from the simplicity of the minimal colour palette, beautiful typography and clean page compositions to the subtle use of UV overgloss to depict the water. The Boy and The Cherry Tree is wonderfully illustrated and a great example of less being so much more.