Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trains

Edward R. Emberley. Little Brown and Company, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-316-23898-4

Anyone can be an artist with Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trains, a welcome addition to his other drawing books. The opening page pictures the simple shapes and letters necessary to do the drawings. He then shows two lines of images, explaining, ""The bottom row tells what to draw. The top row tells where to put it."" Interior pages similarly show each step in the process of drawing a train from engine to caboose truck, trolley car and more. (Apr.)

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