Nina Learns to Draw: Step by Step with Simple Shapes for Kids

In this book, your child follows along with Nina and learns 14 step-by-step drawings, from the sun to Max the dog, using circles, squares, triangles, and lines. Between drawings there are practice pages, a space to invent a character, and a certificate at the end.

The story starts where many kids get stuck: with the words "I can't draw." Nina tries to draw Max and ends up with a potato. Then along comes Teo, a yellow pencil who never stops talking, and shows her that the sun is a circle with a few lines, that a house is a square with a triangle on top, and that even Max fits into these shapes.

Each drawing comes in short steps, one shape at a time. Your child looks at the step, copies it, and turns to the next one. You don't need to know how to draw to help: the "For the Grown-Up" pages explain how to guide the activity and what to do when the book is finished.

The order of the drawings builds confidence little by little. It starts with the sun and the house, moves on to the cat and the owl, reaches the rocket, and only at the end takes on the big challenge: Max the dog. When Nina finally gets it, your child gets it too, and the celebration on the "It's Not a Potato!" page becomes theirs as well.

And what about when the cat comes out crooked? The book devotes a whole page to that: a crooked cat is still a cat. Your child carries that idea well beyond the paper.

What you get:

• 14 drawings in short steps, from the sun to Max the dog: your child finishes each one and asks for the next

• Uses only circles, squares, triangles, and lines, shapes that kids ages 4 to 8 already know, so they start drawing in the very first minute

• A story with Nina, Teo, and Max ties the drawings together: your child draws to help the character and wants to keep going

Text and illustrations created with the help of artificial intelligence. Titles, numbers, and content were reviewed by the team before publication.