Drawing book for a 5 year old

[cajunrose]

My DD has taken to drawing animals. Do you know of any animal drawing books for a small child? I took a picture of one that she was looking at in a magazine. I would like something similar to that for her. The picture is in my siggy line.

 

Thanks

[clane]

Draw, Write, Now has a 7 (?) book series, maybe more.

http://www.drawyourworld.com/

[Melissa B]

http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Can-Draw-African-Animals/dp/1560102756/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221711566&sr=8-1

 

 

My children like this book. My dd8 still uses it regularly to illustrate her stories.

[snickelfritz]

My 5 year old dd loves this.

[Arch at Home]

My dd liked at about that age Usborne What shall I draw?, I Can Draw People, and I Can Draw Animals. The instructions are very similar to the magazine.

[MgoBlue]

I love the Ed Emberly books. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ed+emberly&x=0&y=0

 

I think I've had more fun with them than the kids sometimes!

We also have the Draw Write Now books ( a couple ) and dd enjoys them as well.

[Homemama2]

I want to second the Usborne books (I found them at my library after spending who knows how much money on art curr. that my ds6 can't do.) These are actually easy enough my 4yr. old can use it too. LOVE these!! :001_smile:

[rafiki]

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[cajunrose]

Thank you so much for the suggestions! The Draw Write Now is exactly what I was looking for....the Usborne books too. I'm looking the others up now.

 

Thanks!

[Stacey in MA]

I had actually tried them when she was 4/5 and in K and the drawings were a little frustrating to her. At that point, she really liked the series called Watch Me Draw like these:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Watch-Me-Draw-Things-Girls/dp/1560109505/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221753355&sr=8-1

 

They are very simplistic, and at first I thought they'd be too easy. But when she was 4/5, she enjoyed that she could master these without help from me!

 

HTH and GL! - Stacey in MA