I want to make the concertina book more of a product rather than just a long print. So I have thought about adding some extras to make it more of a pack - like stickers and fact cards.
The stickers because they will appeal to children, and some of the imagery I have been working with will translate well as a graphic sticker.
The fact cards because it will make the pack more of a 'learning experience' as they will give extra information not revealed on the timeline and will be set out as 'fun facts'.
My audience for this pack is 9-12 year olds, although the illustration on the print isn't directed at any age in particular, the text has just been made easy to understand.
I think it works for that age group because at that age children don't want to be patronised and are keen to learn - the russian revolution isn't normally taught at that age in school but this timeline condenses the complex yet very interesting time period into an easy to understand and informational timeline. The illustrations aren't childish, and the words used are understandable but some may have to be asked about - which will only help with the learning process.
I thought I could maybe add a blurb on the inside of the cover giving more of an explanation to what it is - although 'an illustrated timeline of russian history from 1905-1924' is quite self-explanatory.
In terms of proposed outcomes and context I thought the pack could be part of a series, either:
revolutionary series - russian revolution, french revolution. cuban revolution, chinese revolution
or
russia series - imperial russia, rise of communism, stalin's russia, the fall of communism
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