Archives: Walter Foster Jr. Books

Based on The Gummy Bear Show, this book lets you jump right into the imaginative world of Gummibär & Friends. Join Gummibär onstage and backstage, in the studio and at snack time, busting dance moves and making a colorful scene with Kala the fearless cat and Harry the smart chameleon. The bright, cheerful art makes it easy for kids to bring the friends’ wacky energy to life with crayons, markers, or colored pencils.

Packed with mischief and sweet, squishy style, this book includes:

• 96 one-sided coloring pages featuring fun, funky scenes starring Gummibär, Kala, and Harry
• 100+ stickers to decorate water bottles, lunchboxes, notebooks, and more
• High-quality paper that works with colored pencils, markers, or crayons
• A perfect mix of goofy and good vibes to keep kids smiling and creating

Ideal for young super-fans or anyone who loves to move, color, and laugh, the Gummibär & Friends Coloring & Sticker Book brings the series’ signature squishy silliness from the screen to the page. Let the coloring party begin!

Drawing is the cat’s meow! With the step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions and full-color illustrations, any cat-lover can learn to draw 26 different lifelike kitties of all shapes and sizes. As kids follow along with the clear illustrations, they’ll learn to develop their drawings from basic shapes to finished masterpieces. And fun facts about the featured breeds add extra entertainment value. With the award-winning Cats & Kittens, kids will be drawing their own cattery full of cats and kittens in no time!

Start your engines! This award-winning book is the perfect choice for kids who want to learn how to draw all their favorite vehicles! Step-by-step, easy-to-follow illustrations guide kids through drawing 28 different cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes-starting with basic shapes and ending with lifelike finished drawings. Meanwhile, fun facts about the featured vehicles add extra entertainment value.

With Learn to Draw Disney’s Villains, young Disney fans will enjoy drawing the villainous characters everyone loves to hate from such favorite films as Toy Story, Cars, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, 101 Dalmatians, and many others.

This 144-page book features easy step-by-step instructions for drawing a wicked queen, an evil stepmother, a dark sorcerer, a devious, strawberry-scented bear and more than 25 more sinister Disney and Disney•Pixar characters. Inside are drawing projects for Captain Hook, Maleficent, the Queen of Hearts, Cruella De Vil, Ursula, Jafar, Scar, Zurg, and many more! All you'll need to start drawing are a few supplies. The easy-to-follow instructions in this book 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 and a piece of paper, and your copy of Learn to Draw Disney's Villains. Flip to the character you want to draw. You’ll 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. 

Drawing tips from professional Disney artists are sprinkled throughout the pages to create a fun drawing experience for any Disney fan or aspiring artist. So grab your drawing pencils and paper and get ready to draw Disney villains!

Bursting with activities, games, sticker sheets, paper cut-out activities, drawing projects, and fun facts, the I Love Cats! Activity Book provides hours of feline fun for cat-crazy kids!

Any cat-loving kid is sure to have a meow-velous time completing the kitty-inspired activities in the I Love Cats! Activity Book. Learn how to draw an array of your favorite cat breeds by following easy, step-by-step instructions, increase your feline know-how with fun-fact trivia cards, answer entertaining cat diary prompts, learn how to make a cat toy, and do so much more!

First learn some cat breeds, and then follow the step-by-step drawing projects to draw and color the following cats:

• Selkirk Rex Kitten
• Abyssinian Kitten
• Persian
• Egyptian Mau
• British Shorthair
• Maine Coon
• Ragdoll
• Manx
• Turkish Angora
• Russian Blue
• Norwegian Forest
• Scottish Fold
• Ocicat
• Korat
• Birman
• American Curl
• And learn fun facts about each cat breed along the way!

Then get out the scissors and glue for some cat crafts! Or skip forward to play kitty-themed games, including a cat trivia quiz, a word search, a maze, and a crossword puzzle. Also enjoy the many other activities in this 112-page book, including a cat diary, sticker sheets, postcards to mail a friend, and paper cat dolls to play with. Sure to provide hours of fun, the I Love Cats! Activity Book is a must-have for all kitty-loving kids!

Learn to Draw Disney Favorite Princesses helps young artists capture the likenesses of Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Mulan, Pocahontas, and Tiana.

Whether she comes from a faraway land, a delightful castle, an enchanted wood, or under the sea, each princess featured in Learn to Draw Disney Favorite Princesses has her own special story about her journey to “happily ever after.” Now young princesses-in-training can imagine their own fairy tales while learning to draw their favorite Disney princesses. Also included are other characters from the time-cherished Disney movies that made these princesses legendary.

All you'll need to start drawing are a few art supplies. And the easy-to-follow instructions in this book will guide you through each step, showing you how each step builds upon the next 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 Favorite Princesses, and flip to the character you want to draw. You’ll 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.

Plus, learn some fun facts about the princesses as you learn to draw them. Included in this book are drawing projects for Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, Tiana and Tiana as a frog, Naveen and Naveen as a frog, Louis, Ray, Ariel, Prince Eric, Sebastian, Flounder, Belle, the Beast, Jasmine, the Genie, Aladdin, Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Pascal, Merida, Elinor the Bear, Mulan, and Pocahontas. Brief character descriptions and art instruction from professional Disney animators round out this exciting artistic adventure.

With Learn to Draw Disney Celebrated Characters Collection, kids will embark on a thrilling artistic journey full of loyal friends, brave bugs, gentle monsters, and more!

This 144-page collection features more than 40 favorite Disney and Disney•Pixar characters. Develop drawing skills while accompanying such characters as the fearless little fish Nemo, the hotshot racecar Lightning McQueen, and the vigilant space ranger Buzz Lightyear on their exciting, heroic adventures!

All you'll need to start drawing are a few art supplies. And the easy-to-follow instructions in this book 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 Celebrated Characters Collection, and flip to the character you want to draw. You’ll 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.

Plus, learn some fun facts about the characters as you learn to draw them. Brief character descriptions and art tips from professional Disney animators round out this exciting artistic adventure. So grab your drawing pencils and paper and get ready to draw with the celebrated characters from Disney!
 

Have you ever wanted to draw your pet or the pet you wish you had? Now you can with How to Draw Kawaii MangaPets! In this fun and interactive guide, award-winning manga artist and educator Misako Rocks! teaches young artists to draw their favorite furry and fantastic friends in kawaii manga style.

In How to Draw Kawaii Manga Pets, Misako shows kids how to create their own irresistibly cute cats, dogs, bunnies, amphibians, and even magical pets like dragons and unicorn bunnies! With easy step-by-step lessons and QR codes linking to Misako’s video tutorials, young artists can follow along and draw right beside a real manga pro.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Step-by-step drawing tutorials to help you sketch 25+ pets with various expressions and in multiple poses.
• Pet expressions like winking, surprised, smiling, grumpy, crying, shy, hungry, and more.
• Pet poses like sleeping, standing, sitting, playing, running, yawning, stretching, eating, and more.
• A chapter on “Kawaii Pets and Me” where you can learn to draw manga characters with their pets, and even draw yourself with your pets!  
• Interactive QR codes linking to video tutorials for extra guidance.
• Complete the drawing pages and practice sheets to spark creativity and self-expression.
• Motivational advice from Misako Rocks! to inspire young artists to follow their dreams.

Each project includes tips for drawing different poses and expressions, plus ideas for creating scenes that show pets playing, snuggling, or spending time with their manga caregivers. Packed with practice pages and creative challenges, this book helps budding artists build confidence and have fun while learning to draw in true kawaii manga fashion. Perfect for fans of cute art, manga, and animals alike, How to Draw Kawaii Manga Pets is an inspiring, screen-free way for kids to create their own adorable worlds!

Find even more fun-loving manga instruction inHow to Draw Kawaii Manga Chibi: Big Emotions, How to Draw Kawaii Manga Fashion, and How to Draw Kawaii Manga Characters, also from the Learn Manga with Misako series.