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Steve Barr is an artist specializing in the illustration of children's books, board games, card decks and other educational products. He is also the author and illustrator of a nationally syndicated comic strip. He lives in Columbus, North Carolina.

Starting with simple shapes, young artists can quickly learn to create their own cartoon figures, for hours of fun and learning.

School Library Journal

Gr 3-6-Barr encourages creativity; his instructions are flexible, not hard-edged. Each page takes readers through several steps that will make them successful at drawing cartoons. In the beginning pages of the first book, the drawings are of faces only; later pages show how to add expressions. People begins by showing how to draw faces, then adds bodies, and explains how to show movement. All of the steps are illustrated with black line drawings; the finished cartoons are in full color. The instructions are more basic than those in Lee J. Ames's "Draw 50" titles (Doubleday); most libraries will want both series.-Julie E. Darnall, Chester County Library, Exton, PA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.