COMING OF AGE BOOK COVERS
Coming of age stories (Bildungsroman) detail the passage from youth to adult, often as a spiritual or emotional journey. There are often struggles, roadblocks and anguish as the book progresses because growing up is an arduous journey!
Regardless, the protagonist learns from their experiences as they shed youthful innocence and head toward adulthood. These stories transcend genre, showing up in literary classics, memoirs, science fiction, YA, and adult fiction, fantasy, history and nonfiction works.
We teams up with independent authors and international publishing corporations, creating stunning and memorable coming of age book covers. Whether an independent author or a publishing company, nothing represents your book like its cover: it’s a critical marketing and branding tool. You need an experienced and talented design team to render your ideas and vision into a unique and original design that attracts attention and generates sales!
Modern coming of age narrative has broadened and enriched this genre
Growing up is a universal theme found in all art forms, including literature, music, stage drama and movies. Everyone needs to discover their place in this world, and for many of us, the journey can last well past our formative years into early adulthood: modern coming of age stories recognize that the world has changed and so has “adulting.”
Because this genre carries such emotional weight, your book cover needs to seamlessly project the right message:
Botchan
This modern classic by one of Japan's most cherished authors details the growth of the Tokyo-born narrator from a rowdy and reckless young man to an irreverent young teacher bucking the system and being pranked by the school boys he teaches.
Coverkitchen created this beautiful cover emphasizing the geta, or traditional Japanese wooden footwear to represent a journey through life’s many pitfalls and struggles. The chosen typeface evokes the graceful strokes of Japanese calligraphy.
Coming of Age Book Cover designs revolve around the psychological and emotional aspects of personal growth.
El Ball
El Bal depicts the pernicious and bizarre relationship between a teenaged girl and her socially ambitious mother. The book reveals social commentary and adolescent anxiety.
To create this moving book cover, the Coverkitchen chefs used in-house photography and photo editing software to give the photo an old-fashioned, elegant-period silver gelatin print. The image suggests a young hand reaching out for support, comfort and guidance.
Custom illustration allows more leeway to evoke the right emotions.
Path
In this coming-of-age story, a young boy who has experienced great trauma runs off into the Californian mountains where he meets a special person offering a unique guide to existing in a troubled world. The book details the challenges and questions the boy must answer as he enters adulthood.
The delicate and beautiful hand-drawn title and simple subtitle echo the book's themes of nature and personal growth while also suggesting movement (such as walking into the woods). The flower accenting the title conveys love and beauty while the cover as a whole reflects meditation and inner peace.
Your Coming of Age book cover deserves the best!
Our design team excels in typography, color psychology and imagery (photography, hand-created or computer-generated illustrations and 3D imagery) and will create your perfect and unique book cover. We work closely with authors and publishers to create original designs!
Your cover is not finished until you sign off on it. Our team is highly trained and experienced, and we love what we do. Our chefs create masterpieces, not fast food - and there’s never a hidden cost or surprise!
Our simple 3 stage design process
Creating the perfect custom design for your book cover is easy with Coverkitchen’s simple three-stage design process. You don’t need any design experience or knowledge because we’ll assist you every step along the way.
Step 1: Pre-design process
Select one of our premium services or packages, then answer easy questions to assist our team in creating the best possible cover for your coming of age book.
Step 2: Design process
In approximately 10 working days after receiving your order, we’ll present three different cover concepts, then request feedback. Note: expect a 5-10 day turn-around time between revision requests. Two to three revisions are standard, however, we will keep revising until you’re happy with the design.
Step 3: Production process
When you’ve approved and signed off on the final cover design we’ll get your cover to the final stage: Publishing!
After delivering the files, our team will be available to assist you and answer any questions you may have during the production process.