Draw with the Cartoon Dude!

Designed to look like an artist’s sketchbook and printed in color, this detailed tutorial demonstrates how to draw by starting with the basic shapes that make up people, faces, animals, and buildings alike. The need for practice is an underlying theme, with one page left blank on each spread for kids to replicate and expand on the ideas Miller puts forth. Templates to draw princesses, skulls, dinosaurs, fantasy creatures, and robots will appeal to a broad audience (along with the mix of realistic, cartoony, and caricatured drawing styles), while Miller’s encouraging tone (“Let’s start building a picture, shall we?”) should inspire confidence. Ages 8–up. (Nov.)