Danny's Drawing Book [Hardcover]

Sue Heap (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Visiting the zoo inspires Danny and his friend to make up a story — and soon his drawings take on a wonderful life of their own.

When Danny brings his drawing book to the zoo, it doesn’t take long to find ideas to put in it. First he draws an elephant with a red scarf, then an aardvark with a green hat, then his friend Ettie and himself, then an airplane to take them all . . . to Africa! And how do the two friends get home when their excursion is done? As with any reading adventure, they simply close the book —- until next time.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

In this charming picture book, illustrated in a childlike style, Danny, a young artist, brings his drawing book to the zoo. With his best friend, Ettie, he creates an imagined world filled with animals, beginning with an elephant in a red scarf. Then he and Ettie move to the aardvarks, and the kids imagine a meeting between the animals. Double-page spreads alternate between Danny’s real world and the imagined one in his notebook, where he eventually draws himself and Ettie chatting with a crowd of other zoo creatures. At the end of the day, the children close the drawing book and head home, their sketched animal friends hovering around them. Heap’s colorful acrylic paintings and pencil sketches differentiate between reality and fantasy, but young children will easily recognize that, as in their own games, there’s plenty of overlap between the worlds. Pair this cheerful title with other picture books, such as Peter Sís’ Dinosaur! (2000) and Madlenka (2000), which artfully visualize a child’s imagined games. Preschool-Grade 1. --Gillian Engberg

Review

"Heap's illustrations are so attractive that you want to jump into the pages and join in the fun." Junior on Four Friends in the Garden (9781844285549)" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick (March 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763636541
• ISBN-13: 978-0763636548
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.3 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,561,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After graduating from Hull College of Art, Sue Heap worked in animation and as a designer at several children's book publishers. Sue has illustrated over thirty children's books, including Cowboy Baby for which she won the prestigious Smarties Prize. She's lived in many places including Egypt, Germany and Singapore, and now lives in Oxfordshire.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely, February 16, 2009

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Ioana S. Moisa "monaurs" (Klamath Falls, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Danny's Drawing Book (Hardcover)

My 3 year old son simply loved this book, we had to read it twice in the first evening we borrowed it from the library. Simple child-like drawings and funny story for little ones to enjoy.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, May 19, 2010

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Yanhong Zhai "erxuan" (Redmond) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Danny's Drawing Book (Hardcover)

My 2.5 year old son loves this book. I have been read him the book every night before he goes to sleep for more than 1 week. The conversation between the elephant and the aardvark is interesting and my son loves mimicing them and excercising the same conversation with me.