DesignKompanie

A studio service

Preschool workbooks children want to finish.

A preschool workbook has to teach one small skill per page and still feel like play. We design and illustrate tracing, letter, number and cutting pages as a sequenced book for authors, teachers and small publishers.

An open preschool workbook with tracing lines and a friendly animal guide

N° 01What goes in the book

One skill per page, in the right order.

01

Pre-writing lines

Straight, curved, zigzag and looped paths that build pencil control before any letter appears.

02

Letter formation

Upper and lower case with start dots and direction arrows, in the letter style and order you teach.

03

Numbers and counting

Number formation, count-and-circle, more and less, and simple matching to quantities.

04

Shapes, colours and sorting

Trace the shape, find the odd one out, sort by size or colour.

05

Scissor and glue pages

Cut-along lines and cut-and-paste pages, printed single-sided so nothing is lost on the back.

06

Reward and progress pages

A certificate, a progress chart and a guide character who appears through the book.

N° 02The part that goes wrong

Small hands need big targets.

01

Line weight and size

Tracing lines that are too thin or too small defeat a four-year-old. We set stroke width and letter height to the age band.

02

Too much on a page

One instruction per page. Decoration sits at the edges, never behind the working area.

03

Letter style

Schools differ on how letters are formed. Tell us the handwriting style you follow and we match it rather than using a default font.

04

Bleed-through

Markers show through thin paper. We plan single-sided pages where cutting or heavy colouring is expected.

N° 03How it runs

Plan first, artwork after.

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1. Page plan

We agree the age band, the skills covered, their order and the page count, mapped to the curriculum or scheme you name.

02

2. Sample pages

Two or three finished pages in the agreed look, so you approve the style and the difficulty before the rest is made.

03

3. Full interior

Every page produced to the plan, with answers or instructions where the format needs them, then one consolidated round of changes.

04

4. Cover and files

Cover design, front matter and print-ready files at your trim size, set to your printer's or platform's template.

N° 04Investment

Three ways to work together.

Single-format

From $1,600

One skill area, such as tracing or numbers 1 to 10.

  • Cover illustration and title design
  • Up to 32 activity pages
  • Guide character
  • Print-ready PDF
  • 1 round of revisions
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Signature

From $3,200

A full workbook across letters, numbers and shapes.

  • Cover illustration and title design
  • Up to 60 activity pages
  • Guide character through the book
  • Certificate and progress chart
  • 2 rounds of revisions
  • Social marketing pack
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Series

From $7,000

A graded range: pre-K, kindergarten, first grade.

  • 3+ titles
  • Shared characters, palette and cover system
  • Difficulty stepped between titles
  • Full print files per title
  • Series style guide
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What every package includes, and what it does not

What you get

  • Original artwork made for your book, with full commercial rights
  • Editable source files as well as print-ready PDFs
  • A written page plan agreed before artwork starts
  • Files set to the template of the printer or platform you name

What we don’t do

  • Printing, binding and shipping
  • ISBNs, publishing account setup or marketing campaigns
  • Licensed or trademarked characters
  • Curriculum writing or alignment certification
  • Educational claims about learning outcomes

Page counts above are caps. A longer book, extra revision rounds or a second language are quoted in writing before we start them.

N° 05Questions

The answers we give most often.

Can the workbook follow a specific curriculum?
Yes. Send the scheme, the letter order and the handwriting style you use, and the page plan is mapped to it. We design the pages; we do not certify alignment.
What page size works best?
Most workbooks for this age are printed at a large size such as 8.5 x 11 inches so the working area is generous. We set the files to the trim size your printer or platform offers.
Can you make a bilingual workbook?
Yes, including right-to-left scripts such as Arabic or Urdu, set as editable text.
Is this different from your school workbooks page?
That page is for schools commissioning books around their own curriculum and mascot. This one is for authors and publishers making a workbook to sell.
Do I own the pages?
Yes, with full commercial rights and the editable files.

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Have a book like this in mind?

Tell us the audience, the page count and where it will be printed. You get a page plan and a fixed quote in writing.

Preschool Workbook Design and Illustration