Doodles at Dinner: 36 Tear-Off Placemats
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 36 pages
Publisher: Blue Apple Books (April 15, 2008)
Remember heading out to a restaurant with your parents and getting a couple of crayons and a placemat you could draw on or do activities? At least it was something to pass the time while you waited for that cheeseburger and fries! Doodles at Dinner is a clever collection of 36 heavy-paper place mats featuring step-by-step drawing instructions. I think it's a great idea and Blue Apple Books carries it out nicely. Zemke, a children’s book author and illustrator, shows how to transform a simple line or number into, say, an armadillo, in a few easy steps. The placemat book features the characters from her other hands-on books for children, including "D is for Doodle," "Zoodle a Doodle" and "T is for Toucan." Create a grizzly bear by starting with two z's, for instance, or make a meerkat out of two e's. I like that the placemats are bound together as a pad, so there's always another placemat ready when one has been used and it's not just something you can use at a restaurant-You can use them right in your own home! I think this is suitable for kids 5 and older, although following the directions is a bit more suitable for an 8 year old.
Zemke’s placemat sequel, "Doodles at Lunch," will be out in the spring! Check out Zemke's other titles:
Doodles to Go
Doodle a Zoodle
D is for Doodle
2 is for Toucan: Oodles of Doodles from 1 to 42 (A Step-By-Step Drawing Book)
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Sounds like a clever idea Deborah has come up with! I'm happy to say that she illustrated my book, The Night Before First Grade, and it's really fun.
Hi, Natasha!
That's exactly what I thought! I love Deborah's illustrations in The Night Before First Grade. Together you both captured a wonderful story about those jitters that everybody gets before the first day of school! Thanks for visiting!
All the best,
Lori