Series: Usborne Activities Series.
Subject Areas: Arts, Crafts, Drawing. Ages: 5 6 7 8 9 10.
Type: Activity Books, Hands-on projects

Every time my one son sees Usborne's What Shall I Draw?, he says "I love this book." Two of my older children felt the same way about it.

This is a book that gives your child confidence by making even their first drawings successful. Each drawing project is broken down into step-by-step illustrating and that makes it manageable. The end results are quite nice, and even very young children get the hang of it quite easily. It's mostly cartoon-style drawing, and includes various animals, space rockets, submarines, helicopters, circles, clowns, ballerinas, castles and trucks.

I like the shading, blending of colors, and the suggestions of things to do with your drawings when they are finished. My children went through it multiple times and still pull it out when they are in the drawing mood, or to entertain young children that visit us. You can also purchase this book in a Kid Kit version, which includes a batch of materials - nice for a gift.

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Awards: Book with Kid Kit received the Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products Award; Lifeworks Real Life Award was given for Christmas Activitiesfrom this series.

Of Interest To: Parents, Teachers, Art Teachers, Librarians and Media Specialists, Activity coordinators

Hello Nancy!

We love this book as well! Iain uses this one often when making birthday cards or thank you notes and such. You get great ideas and end up with a drawing that looks very good.

Cathie

My daughter will sit for hours practicing the step by step drawings. Since I am not artistic at all, this really helps us in our homeschooling.