Archives: Walter Foster Jr. Books

Perfect for young artists-in-training, Learn to Draw Safari Animals offers a comprehensive drawing experience than includes step-by-step lessons, as well as full-color photographs, fun facts, trivia, quizzes and much more. Children will enjoy the 64 pages of drawing instruction for a variety of exotic animals, including a lion, a giraffe, a hyena, and an aardvark. The book opens with brief information for getting started and the most popular breeds, the tools and materials needed, and some sample drawing exercises to warm up. Each drawing lesson begins with a basic shape, such as a square, a circle, or a triangle, and progresses to a finished colored piece of artwork, making it easy for children to follow along. Along the way, engaging text describes interesting facts about each featured animal. With a mix of art instruction and engaging information, Learn to Draw Safari Animals is the perfect way for children to discover more about their favorite animals, in addition to expressing their artistic side.

Animals from the Polar Regions are popular subjects among children, and Learn to Draw Polar Animals includes recognizable, engaging wildlife from both the Arctic and Antarctic. Now young artists can immerse themselves in the animal kingdom while learning to draw a variety of polar animals that range from cute and cuddly to massive and majestic. Learn to Draw Polar Animals is a fun and educational drawing book featuring easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions. The book opens with brief information for getting started, the tools and materials needed, and some sample drawing exercises to warm up. In Learn to Draw Polar Animals, young artists-in-training will learn to draw their favorite Arctic and Antarctic animals, including a polar bear, a killer whale, a penguin, an arctic fox, and a snowy owl, as well as many other cold-weather creatures. Each drawing lesson begins with a basic shape, such as a square, a circle, or an oval, and progresses step by step to a finished color piece of artwork, making it easy for children to follow along. Along the way, engaging text provides fun and interesting facts about each featured animal, allowing for an educational, well-rounded drawing experience. With a mix of art instruction and engaging information, Learn to Draw Polar Animals is the perfect way for children to discover more about Arctic and Antarctic creatures and critters, as well as express their artistic side.

From animal tracking and survival skills to using a compass and growing vegetables, 101 Things to Do Outside is the perfect guide for young explorers and aspiring adventurers longing for a taste of the great outdoors. Right outside your front door, there’s a world bursting with adventures just waiting to be explored. This pocket-sized book is overflowing with things to try, do, learn, and remember (plus it has a handy checklist!). Includes helpful step-by-step illustrations and plenty of activities and lessons. Actvities include: Outdoor games such as beach basketball and giant chess; Outdoor art projects such as build a hammock and making bark rubbings; Outdoor nature activities such as bug hunting and fossil hunting; Outdoor gardening activities such as planting a boot garden and creating an herb window box; Outdoor exploring activities such as cooking on a campfire and sending message with a flashlight. The fourth installment of the 101 Things series encourages children to step away from the computer screen and experience nature firsthand from their very own backyards.

The step-by-step drawing exercises in Learn to Draw Disney•Pixar’s Finding Dory will have you drawing all your favorite characters from Finding Dory in no time!

Disney•Pixar's Finding Dory reunites everyone's favorite forgetful blue tang, Dory, with her friends Nemo and Marlin on a search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

Learn to Draw Disney•Pixar’s Finding Dory features all the popular characters from Finding Dory. With just a bit of practice, even beginning artists can draw all the characters in this 64-page book. It features easy step-by-step instructions for drawing baby Dory, adult Dory, her parents Charlie and Jenny, her clownfish friends Marlin and Nemo, the septopusHank, Dory’s old whale shark friend Destiny, Bailey the beluga whale, some sea lions (Fluke, Rudder, and Gerald), Becky the loon, and one of the cutest, cuddliest otters ever! All you'll need to start drawing are a few supplies. And the easy-to-follow instructions will guide you through each step, showing you how each step builds upon the last to create a finished piece of art.

You just need to grab a pencil, a piece of paper, and your copy of Learn to Draw Disney•Pixar’s Finding Dory, and flip to the character you want to draw. Draw the basic shapes shown in step one, and move on to step two, step three, and keep going! The new lines in each step are shown in blue, so you’ll know exactly what to draw. After adding all the details in each step, darken the lines you want to keep and erase the rest. Finally, add color to your drawing with felt-tip markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or acrylic paints.

Tips and insights from professional Disney artists are sprinkled throughout the pages of the book, creating a fun drawing experience for any Finding Dory or Finding Nemo fan. So grab your drawing pencils and paper and get ready to draw with Dory!

Learn to draw all of your favorite military vehicles–step by step!

Perfect for young artists-in-training, Learn to Draw Military Machines offers a comprehensive drawing experience that includes step-by-step lessons, as well as full-color photographs, fun facts, trivia, quizzes, and much more. Children will enjoy the 64 pages of drawing instruction for a variety of military vehicles, including the B-52 Bomber, the M1 Abrams Battle Tank, and the stealth fighter jet. The book opens with a brief description of how to get started, using basic drawing tools and some sample drawing exercises to warm up. Each drawing lesson begins with a basic shape, such as a square, circle, or triangle, and progresses to a finished piece of artwork, making it easy for children to follow along. Along the way, engaging text describes interesting facts about each vehicle and what it is used for. With a mix of art instruction and fun trivia, Learn to Draw Military Machines is the perfect way for children to discover more about their favorite vehicles, in addition to developing their artistic talents.

Learn to draw all of your favorite birds and butterflies–step by step!

Perfect for young artists-in-training, Learn to Draw Birds & Butterflies offers a comprehensive drawing experience that includes step-by-step lessons, as well as full-color photographs, fun facts, trivia, quizzes, and much more. Each drawing lesson begins with a basic shape, such as a square, a circle, or a triangle, and progresses to a finished colored piece of artwork, making it easy for children to follow along. Along the way, engaging text describes interesting facts about each bird and butterfly. Includes birds such as flamingo, peacock and Kingfisher and butterflies such as Monarch, Red Admiral and Adonis Blue.

With creative and imaginative drawing prompts, My Time Capsule: All About Me! Art Journal is an interactive journaling experience that allows kids to record a slice of their lives to look back on later.

This entertaining sketchbook journal is filled with quick and easy-to-answer questions and space to write and draw the answers. Also included are stickers, suggestions of things to tape or paste into the book, things to color and cut out, and tips on how to doodle everyday life. Once the last prompt is complete, journalers will mark the date to open the time capsule journal, and then put the book away. Their time capsule awaits their older selves!

With My Time Capsule: All About Me! Art Journal, children can draw, doodle, design, and color the answers to questions about everyday life. Some prompts include:
 

  • If I could have three wishes granted, this is what they would be.
  • This is a memory of my favorite birthday… and this is a drawing of what I want for my next birthday!
  • This is what my bedroom looks like from above…. and when I look out my window, this is what I see.
  • This is an outline of my hand… and this is an outline of my foot.
  • This is a portrait of a special member of my family. This is why they are special to me.


Thought-provoking prompts, space to draw and write on every page, cut-outs, and a bonus sticker sheet drive creativity and engagement in the moment, as well as record things about everyday life that a child may otherwise forget. Each prompt is dated, so the book can be completed all at once or over a longer period of time, and in no particular order. Additionally, interactive activities demonstrate how to create a time capsule related to the art and activities completed in the journal and then hide it away for re-discovery years later.

Entertaining and fun in the moment, this drawing journal is also meant to be saved to become a treasured keepsake years later.

Through engaging but calming illustrations and text, ABC Bedtime provides an alphabet of ways to get kids to cooperate in getting ready for bed.

All bedtime routines look a little different, but whether we are big or small, we all have a bedtime. Some people give hugs and kisses, and others will sing lullabies or read a story. Some people will wish on a star, and others will do deep breathing to wind down. Pairing aspects of various bedtime routines with each letter of the alphabet, ABC Bedtime is a sweet read for both caregiver and child. This book is not only perfect for teaching toddlers their ABCs, but also for encouraging them to acknowledge that it's bedtime, get ready, and calm down their bodies and minds before going to bed. The book begins at A with the feeling of being wide awake and active, but after going through the calming A-to-Z bedtime routine, it ends at Z with being sound asleep and catching those ZZZs.

A few of the letters, from A to Z, are things families do together (saying goodnight, reading a story, tucking in), but many are things children can do on their own after the caregiver has left them for the night (thinking about the fun day ahead, or replaying a happy memory in their mind). This sweet read with soothing illustrations is sure to please the little ones, and with the consistency and the help of ABC Bedtime, caregivers can reduce the time spent on getting children to bed. A calmer, quicker bedtime makes the whole family happier and healthier!

The ABC for Me series presents a world of possibilities from A to Z and everything in between! For all little kids with big dreams, the endearing illustrations and mindful concepts in this series pair each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams, inclusion, acceptance, healthy living, and other key concepts important to emotional well-being. Other books in the series include:
 

  • ABC Mindful Me (2018)
  • ABC What Can She Be? (2018)
  • ABC Let's Celebrate You & Me (2021)
  • ABC Helpful Me (2022)
  • ABC Black History & Me (2023)

With ABC The World & Me, take a journey to 26 amazing places all over the globe—from A to Z!

There are so many wondrous places to see and wonderful people to meet. From the long, winding Amazon River, to a bustling city like Baku, to the ancient pyramids of Chichen Itza, to thousands of other locations, people can live in and visit the most amazing places, from A to Z! 

ABC The World & Me presents a whole alphabet of places! This book shows that there are so many things to appreciate about our world, including natural wonders like the Grand Canyon and Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, as well as human-constructed marvels like the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal.

Pairing a place with each letter of the alphabet, ABC The World & Me features colorful illustrations, as well as text that gets kids thinking not only about where they are in the world but also their connection to all the other people in it. A fun read for the whole family, this book is perfect for teaching toddlers their ABCs while inspiring a curiosity about the world we live in.

With endearing illustrations and mindful concepts, the ABC for Me series pairs each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams and healthy living. Explore even more possibilities with ABC for Me:

  • ABC Yoga
  • ABC Love
  • ABC Mindful Me
  • ABC Earth-Friendly & Me

ABC What Can She Be? presents a world of possibilities—from astronaut to zoologist and everything in between—for all little girls with big dreams.

Not even the sky is the limit with this fun approach to learning the alphabet! This book from Walter Foster Jr. encourages young girls by presenting a colorful variety of choices for their future careers. Talented illustrator Jessie Ford artfully pairs the letters of the alphabet with vibrant, eye-catching illustrations that paint an inspiring picture for budding trailblazers everywhere. Representing all kinds of girls, ABC What Can She Be? depicts girls with different colors, sizes, shapes, and abilities in both traditional and nontraditional occupations.

ABC What Can She Be? explores 26 different career paths, including engineer, writer, neurosurgeon, software engineer, and pilot. Each page introduces a letter of the alphabet with bright artwork and highlights a career that is fun, challenging, and makes a big impact in its own way. These 26 careers are just some of the things she can be!

A boldly illustrated, fun family read, ABC What Can She Be? is a great way for parents to introduce their small children to the bright futures before them. Girls can dream big and do anything!


The ABC for Me series presents a world of possibilities from A to Z and everything in between! For all little kids with big dreams, the endearing illustrations and mindful concepts in this series pair each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams, inclusion, acceptance, healthy living, and other key concepts important to emotional well-being. Other books in this series include:

  • ABC What Can He Be? 
  • ABC What Can I Be? 
  • ABC Let’s Celebrate You & Me 
  • ABC Everyday Heroes Like Me