Books in A Kid's Guide to Drawing America series

Kid-friendly drawings and step-by-step instructions make these guides to drawing easy and fun for children. Each book in this series combines fascinating facts about subjects, such as horses, dinosaurs, or airplanes, with simple, easy-to-follow drawing instructions, a glossary, and an index of drawing terms. With this series, children will be able to create an Appaloosa, a Brachiosaurus, or the perfect German Shepherd in six to eight easy steps, while learning the history and distinctive facts about their subject. Red highlighting of each new step in a drawing, plus an illustrated list of drawing terms helps every young artist experience success.

Enrich students' understanding of their favorite holidays and introduce them to new religions with the newest addition to Rosen's step-by-step guides to drawing. Each book focuses on a different holiday and eight of its most common symbols. Chapters detail the history of the holiday and interesting facts about how different holiday traditions came to be, while the drawing allows the student to tap into his or her creative side and discover that learning can be fun. Also called the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah highlights the courageous story of the Maccabees' struggle for religious freedom from an evil ruler, and the legend of the oil that burned for eight nights. Students will be enthralled with this historic tale, and will learn all about Judaism and Hanukkah's traditions while drawing eight important Hanukkah symbols.