Kids Draw Manga Shoujo

By Christopher Hart

Book Overview

Kids flock to manga--they watch the television shows, they go to the movies, they carry the licensed products everywhere. And the most popular manga of all is manga shoujo (pronounced MAHN--gah SHOW--jo), a clean--lined style with stories about friends, romance, school, and magic. Girls love it, boys love it, and parents love it, too, because it's bright, cheerful, and appealing. Kids Draw Manga Shoujo starts with basic heads, faces, bodies, and costumes, then goes on to show dozens of high--energy characters in Christopher Hart's easy--to--follow step--by--step drawings and clear, engaging text. Teens, school kids, magical girls and boys, fairies, elves, demigods, and goddesses are all part of the world of manga shoujo-and now kids everywhere can be part of that world with Kids Draw Manga Shoujo. - Kids Draw Anime and Kids Draw Manga have sold more than 50,000 copies - Simple step-by-step format and dozens of colorful, appealing characters to draw - Christopher Hart has phenomenal sales-more than two million books sold

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823026221
• ISBN13: 9780823026227
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Do something smart, buy this book

I like Manga, as do my children. We have bought other Manga Shoujo books but we prefer this one, by far. We enjoyed the drawings, the step by step instruction and how Christopher Hart captures the Manga Shoujo attitude. Our family really enjoyed this book.

A Grown-up's Review

My 4th grader ran for student council recently and did her campaign posters in manga style after being inspired by this book. The instructions are user-friendly, easy to follow, no pretentions, just assumes that you want to learn and teaches in a fun, engaging, informative way. Best of all, this book helped my daughter gain confidence to do her own thing after several practices with the basics. My husband was also inspired to do a "portrait" of our 3 kids in manga-style after browsing through this book. Did I mention we love this book?

This book is a winner!

This is a beautiful form of Manga, focusing on friendship and loyalty. As a parent, I love this art form and take pleasure when my kids do as well. Indeed they love it and this book as furthered their appreciation. My kids and I have seen other similar books but this book by Christopher Hart is by far the best!