Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals School & Library Binding – April 5, 2006

This is the best of the Ed Emberley drawing books some of the other ones like the one with the train and the architecture ones are too small in size. These give large easy to follow instructions. The kids really like these.

Some art books can make kids cry in frustration with, "I don't get it, I can't do it". I have never had that problem with books from this artist, kids just love these! Ed Emberly has made some wonderful books for kids and grown-ups of any age that have no drawing skills, but want to learn a simple way. His books are the easiest books to get you started if you have no previous drawing skills. He doesn't talk down to you, he doesn't talk at all but uses his step by step method for you to follow. As a result, you can use these books for kids that have language issues. He starts with a step by step illustrated lesson to draw one simple item. First a simple straight line here, then insert a circle then, then another line, step by step along the way and before you know it you have a completed drawing that you can be really proud of. I teach Cub Scouts and this artist makes the perfect book for teaching a class when you are a volunteer yourself that is not an art pro.In this book, he shows us how to make animals in drawings that when finished, you will be shocked it came from your pencil. The drawing is so simple, but looks complex when finished. Also see his book, "Make a World", and "The Big Green Drawing Book".

No child should miss out on having Ed Emberley's drawing and craft books!!!! This one is SO fun and goes one tiny step by one tiny step to show your child how to draw ALL sorts of animals.My kids loved his books growing up. One of my boys made a huge mural out of butcher paper that covered one wall of his room from what he learned in these books. It killed me that he threw it away before I could get a picture of it!!!! But he is grown now. He majored in Architecture and then switched to Graphic Arts and Photography. He used to make models for architects, and along with the help of the other workers, their model was shown in the Guggenheim Museum for a while!!!! So you never know where a child's imagination will lead him.

My son started using this book independently at around 45. years and it has been a great way to show him how to draw using basic shapes. As he continues to use the book, his drawings are getting better and he's starting to apply these tips to drawings of his own. It is also a fun way to draw together. I highly recommend and thing these would make great gifts for children who like arts and crafts.

I highly recommend this book for any child with an interest in drawing! This is actually the 3rd generation I have bought this book for!! My sister and I used it when we were little and we are in our 40's now, my kids had a copy and I was so happy to see I could still purchase it for my grandkids! It's step by step, silly and fun. There is a lot of artistic talent in my family from downtown building murals to tattoo artists and this book will always be a #1 for the kids in our family!!

I bought this for my 8 year old who has always loved to draw. It uses basic shapes and letters to teach how to draw animals. For instance, it may say draw a circle for a head, then a letter C for the ear, and 2 S's to make a nose for an elephant. It shows step by step how to do it.It is not intended to learn to draw super realistic and detailed pictures. This is to take basic shapes and easily draw animals with them. For a kid thats trying to learn how to draw, but doesnt really know where to start, this is a great little book.We will probably be purchasing more of Ed Emberley's drawing books now as well.

I love mostly all the books by this author . They really help children see the step by step process. I use it in my classroom and just gifted this one issue to my grandchildren . I highly recommend these. Books!

My 8 year old niece is very artistic and loves animals, so I took a chance and bought this, "how to" books as one of her Christmas presents. I let her open it early during a recent trip home, and was pleasantly surprised at her reaction. I was even more surprised when she spent the next few hours drawing many of the animals using the step by step visual instructions. We were amazed at how great the animals looked when she finished drawing them; we were able to identify which animal it was 99% of the time, (impressive for someone new to drawing).To draw an animal you follow the a row of, "step by step" pictures which built on each other, and end with a completed animal. For example, to draw a fox, first there was a picture of a circle, then an oval attached to the circle for the body, then the long tail, etc ... down to the whiskers. And since the instructions are all pictorial, she could do these entirely on her own. They were easy enough for her to do, but not so simple for her to become bored and lose interest. There were up about 4 animals you could draw per page, so it will take some time for her to draw all of them, (and knowing my niece, she'll then go back to ones she liked best to improve and perfect them).II bought another "how to" drawing book from a different author as well, (How to Draw Princesses and Other Fairy Tales byBarbara Soloff Levy) not knowing if she'd like the way one book taught over the other. Upon opening the book I could see that Ed Emberley's book was far superior for beginning artists. My niece apparently agrees, because despite LOVING all things princess, she flipped through the Princesses "how to" book, then put it aside and spent the rest of the day drawing the animals from Ed Emberly's Drawing Book.I will definitely be buying more Ed Emberley drawing books in the future!