(4) K-3 Learn to Draw Plus series. Illustrated by Jeff Shelly. Beginning with simple geometric shapes, readers are led through stepped stages to sketch and color increasingly detailed creatures and vehicles. Careful observation and coordination are required to achieve the suggested results, with a fairly difficult leap to the finished artwork. The subjects are engaging and varied, with factual information in colored text boxes on many pages. Review covers these Learn to Draw Plus titles: Learn to Draw Cats & Kittens, Learn to Draw Insects, Learn to Draw Reptiles & Amphibians, Learn to Draw Cars & Trucks and Learn to Draw Dinosaurs.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(4) K-3 Learn to Draw Plus series. Illustrated by Jeff Shelly. Beginning with simple geometric shapes, readers are led through stepped stages to sketch and color increasingly detailed creatures and vehicles. Careful observation and coordination are required to achieve the suggested results, with a fairly difficult leap to the finished artwork. The subjects are engaging and varied, with factual information in colored text boxes on many pages. Review covers these Learn to Draw Plus titles: Learn to Draw Cats & Kittens, Learn to Draw Insects, Learn to Draw Reptiles & Amphibians, Learn to Draw Cars & Trucks and Learn to Draw Dinosaurs.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jeff Shelly. Hoping to catch a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, the sneaky residents of Squawk Valley plan an arts-and-crafts fair with a turkey theme. They recruit Pete the turkey to pose for sculptures, intending to eat him later. But Pete outwits them and uses the many turkey sculptures to screen his escape. The bouncy rhyming story is fun to read aloud, and the watercolor and gouache illustrations heighten the comedy.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert