With Christopher Hart's Shape by Shape method, your child can be drawing adorable animals in minutes! Starting with a circle, square, triangle, or other simple shape, it's almost like magic to see it transform into a bear or a sloth or an orca by following the super simple step-by-step illustrations, more than 700 in all! The book's special layflat binding makes it easy for your child to open up to any page and follow along on their own sheet of paper. Your child will enjoy hours of self-guided fun, with more than 110 cute and funny animal characters to learn to draw, including dogs, cats, and other pets, farm animals, sea creatures, wild things, and animals from Down Under, like koalas and wombats! There's even a chapter devoted to animals so ugly they're cute, like the aardvark, star-nosed mole, and blob fish! Studies have shown that drawing helps young children to learn how to express themselves emotionally and creatively, as well as developing memory, fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, and cognitive flexibility. Drawing Cute Animals Shape by Shape will fire up your child's drawing skills with hours of creative and self-guided fun! Special features: . So Many Animals! Choose from more than 110 incredibly cute animals. . Hours of Self-Guided Fun! Special layflat binding makes it simple for your child to open to a page and follow along. . So Easy to Learn for Beginners Ages 4 and Up! With more than 700 step-by-step illustrations, no reading is necessary-a perfect activity for preschoolers or any age! . From America's Best-Selling How-to-Draw Author: Christopher Hart has written more than 100 art instruction books with over 8 million copies sold in more than 20 languages. AUTHOR: Christopher Hart is the world's leading author of art instruction books. He has written over 100 books, including his Drawing Shape by Shape series, which has sold over 290,000 copies, and his Master Guide to Drawing Anime series, with more than 870,000 copies sold. His books have been translated into 20 languages, selling more than 8 million copies worldwide. His highly illustrated books offer clearly written step-by-step instruction on a wide variety of learn-how-to-draw subjects, including animals, cartoons, and manga and anime, perfect for beginners and younger readers. He lives in Westport, CT.