Let’s Draw Animals, from Reycraft Books, Assembles Diverse Artists for an Illustration Guide for Kids
This book brings together 15 established artists to offer tips and tricks for drawing different animal species.
New Rochelle, NY, June 30, 2023——Leading children’s trade publisher Reycraft Books has assembled 15 top, diverse, professional artists to deliver advice and examples of how to draw a variety of animals—both real and imagined—in the book Let’s Draw Animals , published on March 7, 2023. Following the format of its companion book, Let’s Draw People, each artist takes readers through a step-by-step demonstration of their drawing process. Here, the resulting illustrations include a hippo, a gorilla, a bear, a dragon, and much more.
Let’s Draw Animals features artwork and insights from Lian An-Lin, Cbabi Bayoc, Kyle Beckett, Raquel Bonita, Colin Bootman, Hector Borlasca, Henry Ezeokeke, Chuck Gonzales, Wook Jin Jung, Mori, Tim Palin, Liz & Kate Pope, Sr. Reny, and Joyce Sun. The book conveys the message that everyone has their own drawing style, and offers both encouragement and advice on how to get started and improve over time.
“The options are endless,” Let’s Draw Animals tells its young readers. “There are no rules when being creative. Give in to your imagination.”
ABOUT REYCRAFT BOOKS: Reycraft Books partners with award-winning and up-and-coming authors and illustrators, primarily from underrepresented communities, to provide high-quality books that delight, inform, and honor the voice and vision of all children. Founded in 2019, the imprint publishes authentic stories—engaging picture books, chapter books, middle grade books, graphic novels, and more—that build knowledge, perspective, and connection, meeting the diverse needs of children, families, and educators.