I love the Ed Emberley books - all of the drawings of people and animals are absolutely adorable! Each drawing is done in a step-by-step manner with very basic lines and shapes until you end up with an unbelievably cute creation. The drawings are shown on progressive lines, with the shapes and lines for each step shown underneath each "evolved" picture. The Green book features mostly people and animals but please note that there is a small section containing a Dracula, Frankenstein, and Mr. Hyde. The Purple book features insects, animals, vehicles, pirates, etc., and the Red book contains lots of American symbols, ships, vehicles, animals, and Christmas paraphernalia (and a devil drawing). Overall, these books are very well done and with little natural artistic talent necessary, people of all ages can have great success at drawing. ~ Megan