The Draw Your Own … series of books is designed to help children, aged four and older, develop their word interpretation skills, especially for the evocative ‘wow’ words that help bring writing to life, their drawing and coordination skills, and their imaginations, all while having fun!
Note For Educators: If you wish to use any of the contents of this book for educational purposes, an educational licence (which allows you to legally photocopy pages to create handouts) can be purchased from here. Ideas for classroom activities to accompany each of these book can be found here, too.
There are currently two books in this series.
Draw Your Own Monsters In My House by Colin M. Drysdale:
There are twelve monsters in Dr Colin’s house. In this book, you’ll find amusing rhymes about eleven of them which describe what they look like and where they live. Your job is to draw pictures of them for Dr Colin based on these descriptions. For the twelfth monster, you need to imagine what it looks like, write your own rhyming description and then draw a picture of it.
ISBN: 978-1-909832-29-9. RRP: GBP: 6.99. This title was published in December 2016. Click here for a copy of the Advanced Information Sheet for this title. A Classroom Edition of this book, specially designed and formatted for teachers, is also available (ISBN 978-1-909832-73-2).
Draw Your Own Imaginary Menagerie by Colin M. Drysdale:
There are twelve imaginary animals roaming around Dr Colin’s world. In this book, you’ll find amusing rhymes about eleven of them which describe what they look like and where they live. Your job is to draw pictures of them for Dr Colin based on these descriptions. For the twelfth animal, you need to imagine what it looks like, write your own rhyming description and then draw a picture of it.
ISBN: 978-1-909832-33-6. RRP: GBP: 6.99. This title was published in July 2017. Click here for a copy of the Advanced Information Sheet for this title.