Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos

Edward R. Emberley. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-316-23546-4

A bevy of companion titles arrives just in time for back-to-school reading. With nary a note of text (save a pointed front-page explanation and one-word labels, as in his other drawing books), Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos uses hieroglyphics-like spreads to teach the art of illustrating characters such as ""Evil Eva"" and ""Napoleon Bonyparts."" Other monsters include a witch, werewolf and vampire.

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