I Can't Draw
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The Idea Jar meets When I Draw a Panda in this hilarious picture book following a boy who recruits his talented friend to teach him how to draw!
Max loves to draw, but he’s not very good at it. No, seriously, just look at some of his drawings. Ouch. So he asks his best friend, Eugene, for help. Working side by side, it’s pretty obvious there’s no hope for Max. Until Eugene has a brilliant idea, and they find a way to use Max’s unique talents to turn up the awesome and have some fun! A lot of fun!
Brian Bigg’s hilarious illustrations join Stephen W. Martin’s conversational text to create a laugh-out-loud read about embracing your talent and creativity that budding artists everywhere will relate to!
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White-presenting Max, a brash kid with snark to spare, views his perceived lack of drawing skills as a problem to solve. A blocky, crudely crayoned drawing on legal paper makes the situation plain: Max can draw, he's just not executing to the level he would prefer. He asks the audience to guess what he's rendered: "It starts with the letter H." "Yes," exults Max, with a clenched fist: "It is a horse!! I nailed it!!!" When the horse has the last word ("Did you though? DID YOU?"), though, Max enlists the help of artist classmate Eugene, portrayed with brown skin. In Biggs's hands, Eugene's drawings are small classical masterpieces against which Max's cartoon scrawls offer amusing contrast. Eugene recommends drawing fruit as practice; Max would rather draw a robot stomping on the fruit. Yet an unexpected technique allows Max to mimic Eugene's style, leading to a collaboration that combines Eugene's skill with Max's "flavor." Martin (Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion) clearly plumps for collaboration over competition ("I forgot all about trying to draw like Eugene") in a portrait of creative fulfillment, but it's Max's story all the way. Ages 4–8.
