As has been noted, the packaging is gorgeous. I was surprised at the quality of the book and the accompanying sketch pad. They come in a binder that has an elastic band to keep everything together. The book opens horizontally and the sketch pad vertically so you can leave them in the binder and open both at the same time or take them out (I opted to do the latter but I store them in the binder). I added a photo that shows both books in the binder with the binder open.The tone of the book is whimsical and, at times maybe goes a little over the top for some readers. I smiled to myself when the author suggested that I share my drawings with my friends and ask them questions like "Don't you think this is cute?" and "This is really funny looking, isn't it?". I can't imagine those words escaping my mouth or being written in a text message to any of my friends but your results may vary.I like the pacing of the book. Sometimes she will be pretty technical and serious and then waffle back to exercises that are, as far as I can tell, totally silly. A good example is a page with the title "To render a pose, start with the skeleton" that tries to get you thinking about animals' skeletal structure when drawing them and then, a few pages later, you are matching cartoon footprints to animals.I don't own any of her other books so the fact that this overlaps with them doesn't bother me (but is good to know!). If you are looking for something to teach you some fun new illustration skills and you don't own any of her previous books I highly recommend this set.Quarry's latest drawing book by Sachiko Umoto is a bit misleading. For those unfamiliar with Sachiko Umoto's books the Japanese illustrator has wrote 4 illustration books all showing readers how to draw in her cheery playful style. Each book focused on a topic - people, animals, plants, and using color.For those readers hoping to get Miss Umoto's tips on a new topic they will be sadly disappointed. This book "let's draw" is a compilation book with excerpts from her first three books providing tips on how to draw people, cute animals and creating plants. For those who have the other books the material is certainly redundant. And that ends my criticisms.Quarry Books have done something quite special with this book. The book comes packaged with a cute "let's draw" sketchbook. Both the paperback book and sketchbook are housed neatly in a gorgeous hardback binder that folds to fit neatly on your shelf or you could conveniently take along with you. For those who want to place this book alongside the previous Umoto books the paperback book can be slid out of the binder.I don't think I would actually use the sketchbook as it looks too cool with the book. I imagine One could discard the binder and just keep the book and sketch pad. Whether I do that or not remains to be see.Pros: Best of previous books, includes sketch pad, cool packagingCons: No new content in bookMy 4 year old received the let's draw happy people as a gift. She loved that book. This was the second drawing she made using the book's guidelines. The step by step was so simple, even MY drawing came out cute. This is a compilation of all the other books available. I gifted this to a 4, 6, and 8 year old. They all enjoyed it. Has a super cute drawing pad with little promps and ideas. Will move your little ones away from stick figuresAll I can say is that I just love this illustration book! It's so well made and the illustrations are adorable, with so many to choose from. I love practicing my sketching using the step by step illustrations. I also use this book to teach my young grand sons how to draw. I hope to buy more books from this amazing artist.Love this book and the steps Sachiko teaches those of us that don't know how to draw. I just got it and think that it will be a great tool to teach me to be comfortable drawing and will build confidence. I ordered two of her other books. So happy with this artist's style. It's just what I was needing to learn for some projects I am working on.The guide book includes portions of the 3 drawing books: Happy People, Cute Animals, and Plants and Small Creatures.Though it doesn't contain all the examples that the 3 separate books give, it's still a very nice assortment of many of them.Altogether it's a wonderful gift for children, and adults who would love to doodle and draw simple pictures..A nice present for a child or teen that wants to try their hand in sketching. The format is convenient for carrying around and it already includes a nice sketch pad, so all you need is a pencil (and eraser and sharpener!).I was trying to get my 5 year old to draw more and this book inspires him! I love the easy progressions and the fact that it comes with a note book to practice. It's a lovely set that even had me drawing along with him.Estéticamente es un libro muy especial y es un libro que regalaría a cualquier adulto/niño que le guste dibujar. El libro en realidad viene en un pack de libro explicativo + cuaderno para practicar (esto último lo hace muy regalable).El tipo de dibujos son del estilo de la portada (si no te gusta no te va a gustar nada del libro porque sigue ese estilo). Los dibujos son muy fáciles de seguir ya que da indicaciones paso por paso que son muy útiles para aprender sólo o para que los más pequeños de la casa puedan mejorar su técnica.Cada dibujo va acompañado de una pequeña explicación sobre el personaje que se va a dibujar.Es un cuaderno para dibujo y aprender a dibujar. Estupendo para los peques que tienen ganas de dibujar. Instructivo y divertido. Hará las delicias de los pequesEs un libro recopilatorio de otros tres de la colección: personas, animales y plantas. Se basa en imitar los dibujos que propone la artista para ir aprendiendo. Además, viene acompañado de una libreta para practicar. El packaging es muy bueno y sirve para llevar cómodamente el libro y la libreta. Muy bueno para regalar o regalarse. Para niños, a partir de cierta edad (no para muy pequeños, se requiere un buen manejo del lápiz).La calidad y la oresentación es muy buena. Los paso a paso son muy faciles de seguir y es ideal para empezar a dibujar. El bloc que viene para dibujar con algunas ideas e instrucciones tambien esta super bien. Lo unico que te tiene que gustar el estilo de dibujo de la autora. Por lo demás de 10.Un riassunto di diversi capitoli usciti nei libri precedenti. Molto carino ma mi aspettavo qualcosina di più dato il prezzo