Draw Write Now, Book 1-8 Paperback – June 1, 2001

These books are incredibly helpful for teaching art, and for a supplement to science and history. We use something else for handwriting but no matter - they are a huge asset even if you just use them for learning to draw. I highly recommend splurging and buying the whole set at once as it makes the cost of the books only $7.50 each (at $60 for a set of 8) and then you have a wide variety of subject matter handy when you need it. I must say that for whatever reason though, this item took forever to get to me. I love Amazon and had never, and have never again experienced such a long delay, but of couse it was well worth the wait!

I purchased the draw write now (the whole set). It is everything that was promised and I read in the other reviews. My 5 and 7 year old are having a great time learning how to draw all kinds of new things. The break down of the drawings makes it a much smaller learning curve, and my favorite part is that I can recognize a lot of their drawings. The books have a table of contents map that kids can read and practice finding the pages. There are teaching tips and subject tidbits to make this a great set for unit studies. There are suggested words for handwriting practice. Just love this set.

This series has been excellent for our 5 year old son. Since we got these books a month ago his drawing has improved every day - he has gone from stick figures to subtle artistic renditions of all kinds of animals, vehicles, etc. in a month. Our 8 year old daughter has also enjoyed this series, but she prefers the "Draw 50" series by Lee Ames (which we can get from the library), because the figures are more realistic. Even our 2 year old daughter has gotten in on the drawing craze and can now draw rudimentary figures and faces, whereas a month ago she simply drew series of lines.

This set is worth every penny. Since it arrived my daughter can't just put these down. She is drawing and most of all writting which is not her favorite thing to do. The way the books are made just invites the child to do so. The price is a bit high but you can buy them one by one here on Amazon, I prefer the set because it brings a cardboard case to keep them organized, I have another child and I need these books to survive for her too. I just love these, Great job!!

I used this product for my classroom. Pricing and product were great. Very pleased.

We love these books. We home-school and have been using these books since the beginning of the school year. My two boys are older, 3rd and 5th grade, but we still use this to practice cursive writing and to work on basic drawing skills. It has really helped the boys to break down their drawing subjects in simple shapes. The kids really like the animals in the last few books. We would recommend these for any family.

Great drawing books and it works well for young students k-5th. I have used often with great success. It is a well designed book but two great ladies.

This is a well-rounded approach to developing fine motor skills and an inspirational resource for learning how to draw better. The only critical remark I have is that IMO it would have been better to have the handwriting samples in slanted 'modern' manuscript (a.k.a. d'nealian), rather than the standard manuscript. Graded levels of difficulty in handwriting copy work would also help. As it is, it seems that the drawings are relatively more complicated than the writing.