The Crazy Creatures Drawing Book, by Robert Ainsworth

Kids love to draw and this little spiral-bound offering from Robert Ainsworth encourages them to do just that. While other drawing books on the market show children how to draw everyday things such as cars, animals or even their favourite characters, this one encourages them to make up their own creations by using their imaginations to give life to crazy creatures.

Step-by-step, readers are shown how to take a simple shape and, by adding arms, legs, heads, facial features, movement lines and more, give it a unique personality. There are loads of examples and extra hints to take the illustrations to fully-fleshed cartoon figures.

This offering will be lots of fun for primary aged children, even those who think they are not good at art. Even this reviewer found herself doodling!

The Crazy Creatures Drawing Book, by Robert Ainsworth
Scholastic, 2005