How to Draw Manga

Title: How To Draw Manga
Author: Katy Coope
Publisher: Tangerine Press
ISBN: 0439317452

Recommended for Grades 6 and up
Genre: Non-Fiction- How-to-Draw

Reader’s Annotation:
16 year-old Katy Cooper creates a book about creating manga specifically for the young reader.

Plot Summary:
Katy Cooper creates straight forward and easy to understand instructions on how to draw manga characters. She focuses on figure drawing and helps the reader to understand how to create characters that are in proportion. She also has instructions on how to pose the figures. The hand drawn appearance of the pictures in the book gives it the feel of looking into a person's sketch book, and the casual and fun instructions make it feel like you have a personal instructor.

Evaluation:
Because this book was created by a teenager, it is easy for teens to understand, follow and relate to. All of the final pictures still show the texture of the color-pencils and are not professionally cleaned-up. This makes the images a more achievable goal for those using the book.