23 October 2016

A Review of Christopher Hart's Book, doodletopia Manga



Christopher Hart's manga book is humorous, the design is engaging, and it is replete with examples of different manga forms, from classic school girl, to chibis, to "super cute animals". There a lot of different drawing prompts and activities, from "make your own bookmark" to "finish this maze."

I see this book as an excellent option for long car/plane rides - assuming that you don't suffer from motion sickness. My children loved this book; the baby scribbled, and the others did a kind of fill in the blank version; eyes on faces, lines on the mazes, words on the stationary activity pages.
I still don't find there to be a lot of drawing instruction in this second book in the doodletopia series. In my view, this book is geared toward those who already have basic drawing skills down. However, I did have an art teacher whose primary piece of advice was "draw what you see," and there is plenty to see.

Do I recommend this book? Sure. It's good clean fun, and as I mentioned before, would be great for times where one is required to sit for an extended period of time. I am especially recommending this book for preteens and early teens, because I think they would derive the most enjoyment from it.

more info: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/238090/doodletopia-manga-by-christopher-hart/
author bio:
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/74446/christopher-hart/

I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for my review. This is my honest opinion about the book.