Scribbles. A Really Giant Drawing and Coloring Book

Customer Reviews

Great book - very open for artistic interpretation

2008-01-01
My kids received Doodles & Scribbles for Christmas. They unwrapped them and quickly moved on to other presents with looks like "a book - who cares". However, after they had checked out all of their presents...what has been used the most? The coloring books. They love the fact that they can just follow the instructions on the page (i.e. add leaves to the trees) or they can embellish and add birds, rainbows, people, etc. and make a different picture than what they started with. Really a great book & worth the money.

Looks great!

2007-12-25
I got this for my four year old. It will be a good opportunity for some one-on-one time with her and better than just a regular coloring book. Some of the pages are too advanced for her, but the book is so big that it will still take her a while to get through it. Highly recommended!

Creepy and inappropriate

2007-12-14
I bought this for my five-year-old niece who loves to draw. I thought she would love this, and she probably would have, if I hadn't noticed a very disturbing page and returned it. One of the pages asks the reader/artist "To Draw a Dead Person." What publisher and editor thought that was appropriate for a coloring book that bills itself as being suitable for 3 and up? For that matter, I can't see anyone of any age needing to draw such a thing. I'm just flabbergasted that such a creepy page would be included. All you parents should be prepared when your preschooler wants to know what it says to draw on that page.

Wonderful, unique gift

2007-11-24
I purchased this book as a 3rd birthday gift for a very artistic girl and it was a hit. After flipping through it, I decided that I needed one for myself and my 4 year old daughter, too. The drawings have even given me some ideas for making my own "scribbles" pages to work on with my daughter. A very cool book.

fun for parent's too.

2007-11-04
We recieved this book as a gift for my 4 year old. She's a bit too young for it, but it's still lots of fun to do with her. I wouldn't want to waste it on a child that only scribbles though. Better for kids that can actually do some figurative drawing. Very stimulating to the imaganation and fun for me too!

Fun!

2008-06-26
My four year old got this out of my gift pile (to give to others), and had a great time doing the first half of the book. Needless to say, it works for almost any age! It gives you the beginning of a picture (usually) and gives you guidance on what to draw. Here's an umbrella, draw some rain. Fun and creative gift for any age!

Truly fun for all ages

2008-05-28
I bought this book as something my 3 y/o and I could do together. We finally pulled it out tonight (I was saving it for some quality alone time) and I LOVE IT! This is just very basic generic coloring book and each page has a simple instruction to add to or finish the scribble on the page. You can interpret it however you want and do with it what you please. Follow the instructions literally, abstract something, create something completely different. This book definitely inspired creativity in both me and my son. My mom is pretty artsy and I am going to order one for her. I'd love to see what she'd do with it. Great choice if you're looking for something different and I totally agree it's good for any age.
As for the dead person...if your child can read, let them draw a dead person. It's about interpretation and creativity. They don't have to draw a corpse. Maybe they choose to draw Abraham Lincoln or Jesus. If they can't read, tell them to draw whatever you'd like to see.

Love the idea! Hate the 'dead person'

2008-03-15
I bought this for my 3 year old who loves coloring books, as long as they have dot to dots and "design the cookie" type pages. This is perfect for her. She loves it just as much as i thought she would. What I don't like is that some of the pages are landscape style. I mean, they go across the binding of the book which makes it difficult. I tried ripping the pages out, then glueing them to a bigger piece of construction paper. That can olny be done if you have already done the pages on the back sides (unless you want to waste pages out of a 20.00 book, i don't) it would be nice if the whole book were landscape, and the worst thing about this book is the page that says to "draw a dead person." What in the world? I ripped out that page, and good thing i saw it before she did. It has a box that resembles a coffin that you are supposed to draw the 'dead body' in. I would have considered returning the book for that reason alone had she not used over 1/2 the book already,a nd been in love with it. Seriously everyday since she got it, she has done 10-15 pages.

Very creative

2008-03-01
I was really disappointed that I didn't receive this book from Amazon for my grandson's birthday. I guess it got lost in shipping. Ended up buying it at Barne's and Noble. My daughter said it was the best present her son received except for the sweater I knit him. I would highly recommend this book and hope you have better luck than I did receiving it.

Go Gomi!

2008-01-21
Just as superior as Gomi's other books...even more pages to imagine and create! We have all of Gomi's books and one per kid. Makes a great gift, too!