Books in Kids Draw series

All manga, all the time, all the Chris Hart way! • Bumper book of 256 manga-packed pages • Learn to draw manga, step by step • One gigantic celebration of manga mania Kids are drawn to manga like magnets, and Christopher Hart's manga books are among the hottest sellers of all books, with more than 2.5 million copies in print. Now Watson-Guptill has gathered Hart's four best-selling Kids Draw books and combined them into one giant manga book. If they're out there in the world of manga, they're in here: cute little critters, sophisticated heroes, witches and wizards, magical boys and magical girls, and everything else manga! Each character is drawn in clear step-by-steps, so young artists can easily follow along. At just 19.95 dollars, Kids Draw Big Book of Everything Manga is one big bundle of manga-drawing fun for one, low price.

A child's guide to drawing knights, kings, queens and dragons. It contains step-by-step instructions and the lessons progress incrementally, starting with the basic head shape and anatomy and continuing through a wide range of stretching and action poses and with a variety of facial expressions. The volume also discusses how to infuse drawings with personality to make figures come to life.

Interest in anime and manga—the arts of Japanese animation and comics—is exploding in the US children’s market. Pokémon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, and Sailor Moon are just a few of the anime phenomena delighting kids ages 4–12. Kids Draw Anime, the eighth book in the popular Kids Draw series, is the first book specifically designed to teach kids 6–12 how to draw the popular anime style themselves. Focusing on shõjo- and shõnen-style anime, the book teaches the familiar “big eye” look, in which characters are drawn cute and young as opposed to the angular, dramatic characters of -oriented styles.Young artists will find a complete introduction to anime style, taught with engaging text and full-color art. Dozens of fun, hands-on lessons demonstrate how to draw heads, eyes, expressions, hairstyles, the basic body, hands and shoes, good guys and bad guys, goofy characters, fantasy characters, robots, and much more. As in all Kids Draw books, each dazzling spread is easy to follow, fun to look at, and guaranteed to charm a new generation of artists!• Anime is a multi-billion dollar industry in the US alone• Offers age-appropriate instruction and illustration• Continues the wildly successful Kids Draw series

Kids Draw Manga has sold more than 25,000 copies! Now here’s some monstrous manga fun.Where do all the kids hang out in the bookstore? By the manga titles! And if they're not by the manga...they're over in the section with the animal books, right? Now they can combine those interests to create their very own manga monsters! Christopher Hart's clear step-by-step drawings (hundreds of them!) and easy instructions let young people convert familiar animals into manga monsters complete with cool claws, horns, feet, and fur. Turn simple rabbits into atomic bunnies...transform ordinary mice into alien mice...make a plain old dinosaur into the mighty belchosaurus! These colorful, fun monsters appeal to everyone, and Hart's engaging process and laugh-out-loud drawings will have kids drawing right away. It's monstrously easy, monstrously fun!• Kids Draw Manga, Kids Draw Anime, and Kids Draw Manga Shoujo are top sellers• Simple step-by-step directions in Chris Hart's popular style• Hot author plus hot topic means every kid will want this book

The characters from manga-or Japanese comics-have begun to dominate the world of kids' cartoons and comics. Now kids can learn to draw their own manga-style characters with Kids Draw Manga, the newest addition to the Kids Draw series. Young artists will find a complete introduction to the basics of manga style, from the well-known shiny eye to manga-style noses, mouths, and body types. Pages of step-by-step drawings offer a diverse range of cool manga characters with appeal to both boys and girls, including a basic manga girl and boy, a schoolgirl, a mysterious swordsman, a hero knight, a flying robot soldier, and a laser fighter. More elaborate manga characters, like a spaceship commander and a dark-magic sorceress, are offered for kids who are either older or have worked through the book and are ready for the next level. As in all Kids Draw books, each dazzling spread is easy to follow, fun to look at, and guaranteed to charm a new generation of artists!• The 10th book in the best-selling Kids Draw series• Follows the success of Kids Draw Anime, which sold over 20,000 copies in one year• Capitalizes on the manga craze for kids: from Sailor Moon to Yu-Gi-Oh!• Author has sold more than 1.5 million books• Packed with colorful, fun spreads

Dogs, puppies, and wolves are among the most popular subjects in comic strips, animation, and children's book illustration—now kids age 6 and up can learn to draw canines of all sorts with these fun, easy-to-follow lessons from a master cartoonist and teacher. Roly-poly pups, villainous wolves, shaggy sheepdogs, and more tumble through the dynamic, kid-friendly pages, all age-appropriate with younger reading levels. Easy-to-follow step-by-steps teach kids to draw canines in repose, walking, and running, in a variety of situations and with a range of facial expressions. Spreads are easy to follow and fun to look at, guaranteed to charm a new generation of cartoonists!

Kids Draw Animals offers the perfect addition to the mega-selling art instruction series, written by renowned artist and instructor Christopher Hart.Artists between the ages of 6 and 12 will delight in the wonderful animals that fill the pages of this lively how-to. Colorful, fun spreads demonstrate, step by step, how to draw African animals, bears, horses, birds, reptiles, cute critters, sea creatures, pets, and exotic animals like kangaroos, and camels. As kids progress, they go beyond simply copying to gain real drawing skills and solid artistic technique. Plus . . . they’ll have lots of fun!• The 9th book in Christopher Hart’s best-selling Kids Draw series • Offers age-appropriate instruction and illustration on how to draw all kinds of animals

What kid doesn’t love to draw dinosaurs? Dinosaurs remain hugely popular, starring in many animated films and cartoons. And awesome creatures of all shapes and sizes—from the fearsome T-rex to the gentle apatosaurus—fill the pages of this lively how-to for kids. Kids Draw Dinosaurs is a fantastic treasury of easy-to-do, age-appropriate lessons for drawing all sorts of wild and wacky creatures. First, master cartoonist Christopher Hart demonstrates basic drawing techniques like how to use simple ovals to build dinosaur bodies. Kids also learn the basic proportions of the dinosaur head, how a dinosaur stands, and a wide range of action poses. Next, engaging text and easy-to-follow step-by-step exercises show kids how to bring their dinosaurs to life. Soon, they’ll be experts at drawing the meat-eating megalosaurus, baby dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, early lizards, the massive wooly mammoth, the saber-toothed tiger, wacky cartoon dinosaurs, and much more. Each dazzling spread is easy to follow, fun to look at, and guaranteed to charm a new generation of cartoonists!• Another drawing book for kids by a best-selling master cartoonist and teacher• Engaging text: fun, colorful spreads and easy-to-follow lessons make it easy for kids to learn solid drawing techniques• Dinosaurs are hotter than ever with kids, many starring in hit animated films• Please visit us at www.kidsdraw.com!

Kids flock to manga—they watch the television shows, they go to the movies, they carry the licensed products everywhere. And the most popular manga of all is manga shoujo (pronounced MAHN—gah SHOW—jo), a clean—lined style with stories about friends, romance, school, and magic. Girls love it, boys love it, and parents love it, too, because it's bright, cheerful, and appealing. Kids Draw Manga Shoujo starts with basic heads, faces, bodies, and costumes, then goes on to show dozens of high—energy characters in Christopher Hart's easy—to—follow step—by—step drawings and clear, engaging text. Teens, school kids, magical girls and boys, fairies, elves, demigods, and goddesses are all part of the world of manga shoujo-and now kids everywhere can be part of that world with Kids Draw Manga Shoujo.• Kids Draw Anime and Kids Draw Manga have sold more than 50,000 copies• Simple step-by-step format and dozens of colorful, appealing characters to draw• Christopher Hart has phenomenal sales-more than two million books sold!

A child's guide to drawing angels, elves, fairies and more. It contains step-by-step instructions and the lessons progress incrementally, starting with the basic head shape and anatomy and continuing through a wide range of stretching and action poses and with a variety of facial expressions. The volume also discusses how to infuse drawings with personality to make figures come to life.