Learn to Draw Animals with Kevin Hawkes

The section on drawing animals in motion finally got my niece to stop tracing and try real poses. At 32 pages it's short, but the scale and body-feature tips are genuinely useful.

My 8-year-old has been glued to this since it arrived, especially the pages on drawing animals in motion. The 32-page length is just right for her attention span, and she's already filled a sketchbook with running horses.

I picked this up for myself, honestly, and the section on drawing animals in motion finally made running poses click for me. At 32 pages it's short, but the profile and scale tips are genuinely useful.