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Shoe Print Art teaches children how to draw 55 images from a shoe print shape with simple step by step instructions. Starting with a pencil children will draw around the shoe print template and follow the steps. They will add their own creativity with crayons or colored pencils. Images include dinosaurs, monsters, animals, vehicles, marine animals, people, and other favorite subjects. Children's finished drawings are on each page to inspire young artists. This is a perfect beginners drawing book for children four and older to help increase hand/eye coordination, develop fine motor skills, increase self expression, creativity, gain self-esteem, and provides a relaxing, pleasurable activity for social/emotional growth. Also included are instructions to make shoe print stick puppets, foam magnets and greeting cards. Putting your best foot forward, you can draw anything!

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"A practical guide to easy drawing exercises using a flexible shortcut that can be adapted ad infinitum. ---Kirkus Review https: //www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/karen-s-robbins/shoe-print-art/. Shoe Print Art 3/18/24 A Story Monsters Approved Winner 2023 Certificate of Excellence in Literature (Picture Book Nonfiction) Shoe Print Art Second Edition Shoe Print Art Step Into Drawing published in 2013 by Hide and Seek Press won the Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal, (Bill Fisher Award) in the children's category for best first book by a publisher, 2013. It also won the Runner Up Award (children's book category) in the Southern California Book Festival, 2015. New England Book Festival, 2nd Honorable Mention, 2016. ""Shoe Print Art is a versatile artist's guide which uses the shoe shape as a jumping off point for limitless expressions of personal creativity. Karen Robbins' colorful, friendly art guide Shoe Print Art: Step Into Drawing is about developing a lively portfolio of childhood artwork."" Clarion Rating: 4 out of 5 2nd Place in Activity Book Category, Purple Dragonfly Award, Story Monsters 2024"

"A practical guide to easy drawing exercises using a flexible shortcut that can be adapted ad infinitum. ---Kirkus Review https: //www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/karen-s-robbins/shoe-print-art/. Shoe Print Art 3/18/24 A Story Monsters Approved Winner 2023 Certificate of Excellence in Literature (Picture Book Nonfiction) Shoe Print Art Second Edition Shoe Print Art Step Into Drawing published in 2013 by Hide and Seek Press won the Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal, (Bill Fisher Award) in the children's category for best first book by a publisher, 2013. It also won the Runner Up Award (children's book category) in the Southern California Book Festival, 2015. New England Book Festival, 2nd Honorable Mention, 2016. ""Shoe Print Art is a versatile artist's guide which uses the shoe shape as a jumping off point for limitless expressions of personal creativity. Karen Robbins' colorful, friendly art guide Shoe Print Art: Step Into Drawing is about developing a lively portfolio of childhood artwork."" Clarion Rating: 4 out of 5"

A practical guide to easy drawing exercises using a flexible shortcut that can be adapted ad infinitum. ---Kirkus Review https: //www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/karen-s-robbins/shoe-print-art/. Shoe Print Art 3/18/24 A Story Monsters Approved Winner 2023 Certificate of Excellence in Literature (Picture Book Nonfiction) Shoe Print Art Second Edition Shoe Print Art Step Into Drawing published in 2013 by Hide and Seek Press won the Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal, (Bill Fisher Award) in the children's category for best first book by a publisher, 2013. It also won the Runner Up Award (children's book category) in the Southern California Book Festival, 2015. New England Book Festival, 2nd Honorable Mention, 2016.

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Karen S. Robbins has devoted her life to children as an elementary teacher, Romper Room TV teacher, mother of four sons, award-winning children's author, publisher, book/toy designer and inventor with a U.S. patent. Karen is a right brain creative whose passion is creating books and toys for children. Karen's most recent publication is Shoe Print Art Second Edition by Hide and Seek Press. Karen specializes in the young child and those with special needs. She created the innovative THINK board book series (Schiffer Books) to teach analytical thinking skills for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and beginning readers. Karen holds a M.Ed from the Univ. of Puget Sound. She has been a long time member of the S.C.B.W.I., Women In Toys, I.B.P.A, and the Authors Guild. Karen lives in Arizona where she continues to create and write for children in support of literacy. She believes all children need to learn to read. Sally Marts graduated from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington with a BA degree in Graphic Design and Illustration.

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