Draw!
Nothing to read here just look at the illustrations and the story just comes alive. Imagine going on a safari without ever leaving your room. With paper, pencils and gigantic book of Africa within your grasp you are transported into the jungle to create your own adventure. With a canteen slung over his shoulder and a backpack stuffed full of sandwiches, this boy befriends an elephant who stands patiently as the boy sets off to draw his first African animal still-life. Riding high on the elephant, seeing the landscape spread out before him, he spies zebras, giraffes, lions, gorillas, and rhinos, just some of the animals on his African journey. With his supplies at his side, he’s ready to draw. It’s quite an adventure for such a young lad, hanging from trees, running from wild beasts, and I’m glad he’s brought enough sandwiches as the animals are hungry as they sit while he draws. His journey is almost over and it’s something he’ll always remember. The pictures he drew? He’s got a special place to take them and I think he might even have a story to tell but any words you want to include, go ahead….I don’t think he would mind. There was something about the illustrations, the peacefulness of the animals as they stood to be drawn. The lightening of the African sun and these pictures had a brush stroke feature, a wave line throughout them that was unique; I really enjoyed that on the animals and on the trees. The animals did look life-like and that is a real plus.
