Scribbles: A Really Giant Drawing and Coloring Book

I bought this for my 4 year old and she loved it. Unlike a traditional coloring book which provides the outline and has the child color it in, this book has lots of space for the child to complete the picture themselves or create their own picture based on suggested ideas. This does mean that occasionally, more parental input is needed; you may not always be able to just plop this down and have a young child do it all on their own. My daughter likes traditional coloring books too, but she has a tendency to just scribble some color in (or outside) the line and then get bored with it, not so this book. It's actually fun enough, that I could see giving it as a gift to an adult of the young-at-heart variety.

This is the best coloring book I've ever seen! My 5 year old son loves to color and this book lets him get creative for hours. I actually colored a couple of pages after the kids were in bed! Almost-blank canvases with just enough of a suggestion to get the creative juices flowing, let you create tons of masterpieces. Some abstract shapes and squiggles or some basic drawings let you add as much or as little as you want. This is a great gift for any child or adult who still has that inner child in them! I highly recommend it!

My parents bought me this book as a 32nd birthday present because they know I like to "doodle" in my spare time. The back cover says it's for ages 0-99, and they are correct. This book is enough to stimulate everyone's creativity... My personal favorite is the series of "this is a leopard...draw its spots", "this is a tiger... draw its stripes", "this is a panther...draw its black fur" and they're all the same drawing until you color them in! Another really good grouping is the 4 pages that each have a single vertical line. One says "draw a dragonfly balancing on this pole"...the next one says "draw a sparrow balancing on this pole"... you turn the page and "draw a crocodile balancing on this pole"... and finally, "draw an elephant balancing on this pole"... Talk about having to be creative! :)

My daughter just received this from her grandmother over the weekend. It has never left our kitchen table. Any free minute Taylor gets, she sits down and draws in this book. It is a creative coloring book that allows children to use their own creativity and thinking. Endless hours of fun and great for any road trip. I am going to buy several for birthday presents which are great with a nice set of thin magic markers!

What a great find this book is! Scribbles is full of many zany ideas to get kids imaginations flying. Gomi's simple artistic style is appealing to kids and adults alike. Pages have simple instructions that will guide kids without them feeling hemmed in. Gomi often has several pages in a row with the same simple illustrations but with different leaders: a quaint town drawn at the bottom of several pages has the headings: "Its a beautiful day today: draw a bright sunny sky," Today it is not so nice: Draw a dark cloudy sky," and "Today there's a thunderstorm: draw lighting and rain." Or a simple stick drawn on several pages and children being asked to draw a dragonfly sitting on one, a sparrow on another, a crocodile balancing on another and finally an elephant! Kids will love the crazy ideas. There are also masks, mazes, time- telling exercises etc. I prefer the thin line drawings to the thicker more abstract ones but there sheer abundance of ideas makes up for the few that fall short of perfect. A great score for the classroom or the craft table!