lay out question

by Irina
(Redmond WA USA)

Hello!

I have a question to professionals.

A friend of mine would like to publish her first book. It is "Learning ABC" book targeted at preschool age Russian-speaking children, and the book is in Russian.

The book is already edited, illustrated, laid out and ready for print. Since the book is in Russian and was designed and laid out by Russian book designer, according to Russian standards (such as font type, size, color and paper kind which are probably different from US ones) could you perhaps advise me what US standards would be applicable to children book?

Thank you in advance!

Sincerely yours,

Irina