Walter Foster Cartooning for Kids Series

Mashup Mania — Children will love pairing up (aka mashing) unlikely subjects to create fun, silly characters. Projects include a fish boy, an alien professor, an elephant ballerina, and a robot kitty.

Crazy, Zany Cartoon Characters — Covering a wide variety of characters including quirky people, whimsical animals, fantasy creatures, robots, and space aliens, Crazy, Zany Cartoon Characters provides the fundamentals for drawing in true cartooning style. Children learn basic elements such as how to exaggerate features, draw silly expressions, and create over-the-top gestures. They then move on to develop and draw their own original cartoons.

Mean 'n' Messy Monsters — Kids learn how to render favorite popular monsters (Godzilla, King Kong, Frankenstein, mummies, zombies, and more) in cartoon style, then move on to design their own menacing characters — all with a colorful, silly touch. Featured sections cover characteristics, expressions, gestures, and costumes.

Fairy Tale Fun — The projects in this book cover widely recognized fairy tale figures and characters from classic stories, fables, and legends, including princesses, fairies, knights, dragons, giants, and more.

Silly Sports — This book teaches young cartoonists to draw a range of silly, sporty characters in true cartoon style. Motifs are drawn from football, soccer, baseball, hockey, and other popular sports.

Furry & Feathered Friends — With the help of this book, kids learn how to draw all kinds of quirky cartoon animals, including dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, rabbits, and more. They also learn how to create their own quirky, imaginative pets.