%% This is a multi-book review. SEE the title Draw Alien Fantasies for next imprint and review text. %% (Reviewed December 15, 1996)

Gr 3-6-This step-by-step approach to pencil sketching begins with a list of basic supplies. Unlike Lee Ames's Draw 50'' series (Doubleday), DuBosque clarifies each step with a brief description of the technique. Frequent encouragements ofTry it again, if it doesn't look right the first time'' add to the child appeal of this how-to book. Commencing with the drawing of dinosaurs using just a swoop of a line (linosaurs), students are guided through a progression of more difficult spacial relationships: ovalsaurs, trianglesaurs, solidsaurs. As each type of creature is sketched, different techniques are explained. The final chapter puts them all into play, with suggestions as to shading, points of perspective, and background detailing. Brief facts about real dinosaurs are provided in sidebars that include a pronunciation key; they are indexed by their scientific names. Directions for the construction of a portfolio are given, encouraging youngsters to practice and to save all of their work. DuBosque's How Do You Draw Dinosaurs? (Peel, 1989) is very wordy and has a less appealing format. Michael Emberly's Dinosuars! (Little, 1980) offers the step-by-step approach, but is not as simplified and lacks the explanatory narrative. Draw! Dinosaurs will be readily used by young artists on their own, with satisfying results.-Beth Irish, Orange Public Library, CA