I Can Draw Animals Usborne Playtime Series :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Awesome Awesome would highly recommend

2008-01-08
This book is awesome. My 5 year old opend this christmas eve and opened it up and drew 2 of the animals in it right away. We have looked at other learn to draw books and this is by far the best one.

Perfect teacher

2007-12-21
My daughter had was just about to turn 5 and I could tell that she wanted to draw different things, but wasn't sure how to get things down on paper the way she imagined. I'm not very good at teaching, so I got this book at a bookstore and paid twice as much as I would have at Amazon. But it was still a great bargain. I sat down with Allison one time and we went thru several of the drawings. The book showed her step by step how to draw several animals. It didn't take her long not only to figure out how to draw the animals in the book, but how to approach anything that she wanted to draw. It has made a huge difference in the quality of her drawings, but most importantly in the satisfaction she has with her drawings. People don't have to ask her what her drawings are anymore. She enjoys drawing and making paper animal cutouts so much more now that she has more confidence.
I chose this book over several others because it seemed to be best for that age group and the drawings in it were things that most kids that age would like to draw, cats, ladybugs lizards, crocodiles and many more. We've been very happy with it. and a 9 yr old friend even liked it.

A great starting point

2007-09-02
This book is a great starting point for kids to get a handle on drawing. My 6 year old and 4 year old love it! They use this book nearly every day to help with their drawings. Art is not my thing, so it even helped me!

Great buy!

2007-07-02
My son's preschool has this book and when I saw what he could draw from it, I knew I had to get it. He has never been much into drawing, but with the help of this book, he really enjoys it! It's a great book!

Wonderful

2007-04-15
I bought this for my almost 5 year old daughter who loves to color and draw. At kindergarten round up the teacher was telling us how important it is to teach your child how to draw step by step. I think this book is exactly what we needed. My daughter likes how the pictures turn out and she is able to follow the directions 1,2,3,4 with some help.

this is GREAT for children!

2008-05-18
I love to brag about my daughter's talents but have to admit drawing is not one of them! My five year old daughter would not complete some work in school that had to do with drawing. One time she even broke down crying in school when asked to draw a book so I knew I needed something to help her. This book is great! Very basic. Makes it so easy to learn! I showed my daughter the book and said `Follow the steps and draw the cat' She drew the cat and started laughing! She was so happy she could draw and it was so easy, no frustrations! I love it so much I bought more of these books! So if your child has lots of trouble drawing you should really try this book!

simple instruction great results

2008-05-13
From the day my 5 year old daughter got hold of this book and "I can draw people" she is stuck with these. She completed 4 drawings at one sitting and always wants to do more. The best part is the simple visual instruction that shows the way without any adult supervision. Great book!

very basic

2008-04-28
This book is not bad, but it's very basic. My child already can draw most of what is in it. But for preschool or kindergarten kids, it might come in handy. Or for elementary teachers who have kids that hate drawing pictures because they think it's too hard or they don't know how. It gives some nice step by step instructions, but doesn't give a whole lot of variety.

All in all, not bad for those kids who are not up to drawing anything yet. But if your child can draw a cat and fish and such, this book might be too easy and useless for them.

Easy to follow for children

2008-01-18
This is a fun book to keep the kids busy and have fun with them. It has easy steps to follow and the kids learned a lot about circles and shapes, and coloring.

Great book!

2008-01-12
Hours and hours of fun! My 4 year old daughter and my 4 year old nephew received these for Christmas. They both use these books for hours and we also do it as a family. These (I Can Draw Animals, I Can Draw People, What Shall I Draw Today) are the only ones we have so far, but they are super. Not only are these books teaching my little girl how to draw, but reinforcing time alone drawing, group activity, sharing and "Please pass the yellow", etc... Every child should have these books.