The Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up [Paperback]

Susan Striker (Author), Edward Kimmel (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up

A newly repackaged edition of the first book in a series that has sold more than 600,000 copies

A favorite of parents, educators, and therapists since it was first published in 1978, more than 200,000 copies of this first volume from the "draw-from-your-imagination" books have been sold around the world. Praised as "extraordinary, revolutionary" (Newsweek), "imaginative" (The Christian Science Monitor), and "great stuff" (Detroit Free Press), this innovative series has continued to spark the creative impulses in children for years.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A good solution to the problem of trying to rouse the artist in children without trodding on their creative impulses."--The Atlanta Constitution

About the Author

Susan Striker is the author of the best-selling Anti-Coloring Book series and Young at Art. In 1984, she founded Young at Art, a private art school in Manhattan, which offered classes to young children. Ms. Striker teaches elementary school art in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805068422
• ISBN-13: 978-0805068429
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Crafts & Music > Art > Drawing

More About the Author

Susan Striker
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Susan Striker is the author of the best-selling Anti-Coloring Book® series with over one million books in print all over the world. Designed to stimulate creativity and encourage problem solving and critical thinking, the books help children draw their own pictures as well as their own conclusions about life. She also wrote Please Touch® (Simon & Schuster) which teaches parents and educators how to stimulate creativity through movement, music, art and play. Young at Art® (Henry Holt) is a comprehensive text about the value and significance of early childhood art. That book clearly demonstrates the important link between early scribbles and later literacy.

In 2008 Susan received the highly competitive 2008 Connecticut Art Education Association Award, Outstanding Elementary Art Educator, for significant contributions to the field of art education.

The author teaches elementary school art in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she won the Distinguished Teacher Award. She has had a long, successful career teaching art to young children, has taught art education methodology to university students and developed art curricula. She shares her innovative teaching ideas in workshops for parents and teachers in schools and universities all over the country. Ms. Striker's work has been the subject of numerous local, national and international television shows,. Susan's Young at Art® curriculum for preschool and kindergarten art was awarded Connecticut's Celebration of Excellence for Creativity in the Classroom and she was presented with Hofstra University's George M. Estabrook Award.

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Customer Reviews

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59 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! Creative, engaging, utterly absorbing..., October 18, 1999

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Auliya "An Avid Reader" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up (Paperback)

These books are extraordinary for building a child's ego and self-confidence. The books are structured so that the child's imagination and the child's opinions about life are in the spotlight. The anti-coloring books make kids feel good! They are books that actually manage to give kids the attention they need - rather than demanding attention from the kid. The anti-coloring books continually ask questions about the child, her thoughts, her feelings, her visions. They are brilliant mechanisms for encouraging confidence and creativity. From a parent's perspective, the finished books become a window onto the emotional and psychological landscape of your children. What do they really think? What makes them angry? What are they wishing for? I highly recommend any of the anti-coloring books for children of all ages. Mom and Dad should try them too!

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but check the age range and content carefully, October 1, 2008

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This review is from: The Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up (Paperback)

I ordered two of these for six year olds but ended up putting them aside for older children. I'd say eight or ten would be the youngest. Also, I was surprised that one page asks the children to draw what they think God looks like. I'm not totally comfortable giving that as a gift. I believe there was also a question about a crime and another about someone they hated. I hope most six year olds don't hate anyone yet. I'm not sure I even want them thinking about it. Anyway, just keep this in mind before you buy. The concept is great, but not sure about the product.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars creative, and intelligent, August 28, 1998

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This review is from: The Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up (Paperback)

I was given this book as a little girl. As an adult I am purchasing this book to share with my students. So much better than your average coloring bok, this book is thought invoking and inspires creativity in all ages.