The Fourth Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up

by Susan Striker

Newly repackaged editions in a series tha thas sold more than million copies More than a million copies of these innovative books have been sold around the world since they were first published in 1978. The third and fourth books in this series offer additional activities to foster creativity in young children in a charming new package.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030578728
• ISBN13: 9780030578724
• Release Date: October 1981
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Imagination, please!

My son, currently five years old, isn't sure about coloring books. His usual modus operandi was to make a couple of marks within the coloring page, then turn it over and draw on the back. I picked up this Anti-Coloring Book, the Fourth, on sale to see if he liked it any better. He most certainly does--he LOVES it! "What do you need a fairy godmother to do for you?" asked the book. My son immediately drew a picture of himself flying like a bird. Then he decided to color in the fairy godmother's dress (she graces the upper left quarter of the page) because anyone who made him fly deserved to have a beautiful dress, he said. The next printed page (the pages are printed on only one side in case one needs to take one out to share) asked, "What would it look like if you could see what a skunk smelled like?" My son proceeded to draw squiggly smell lines in browns and greens, adding a red saw and some blue smoke. The skunk at the bottom of the page got a technicolor "smell paint job" as well. Other pages include the following (a selection of the 50 or so pages): You are a famous pilot flying on an important mission. What important things would you like to talk about with your parents? Why are these police officers weriting out a ticket? You have chartered a boat to sail to Paradise. Design your own train set. Each page has the "assignment" and a suitable line drawing that takes up only a portion of the page, roughly a fourth to a third for the most part. I will definitely pick up the others in the series and look forward to many more smiles from my son. I believe that this series will serve him for several more years.

Fun and educational

My little girl loves to color when I read, and I like the coloring page to be related to topic. I also like her to use her imagination. So for example, when we were studing the Presidents I gave her a page on which she had to finish a statue.