Did you know that National Scribble Day takes place on March 27? Personally, I am delighted that a day is devoted to scribbling. I find that my brain relaxes whenever I scribble or doodle, and I do think that my creative process is energized through this unstructured activity. Does a doodle a day keep the brain-drain away? I like to think so.
Can scribbling and doodling lead to more artistic tendencies? Absolutely! After all, today’s doodler could be tomorrow’s Leonard da Vinci; and one way to find out if you possess the soul and talent of an artist is to check out some books about drawing.
Because the joy of drawing has no age limit I am recommending titles for kids and grownups in today’s reading list. Drawing can be a fun family activity to do together, so get out those pens and pencils and let the creativity flow!
"The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before." -Neil Gaiman
- “Art Lab for Kids—Express Yourself!: 52 Creative Adventures to Find Yourself Through Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media & Sculpture” by Susan Schwake
- “Draw Every Little Thing: Learn to Draw More Than 100 Everyday Items, from Food to Fashion” by Flora Waycott
- “Draw Your Own Alphabets: Thirty Fonts to Scribble, Sketch, & Make Your Own” by Tony Seddon
- “Drawing is for Everyone: Simple Lessons to Make Your Creative Practice a Daily Habit” by Kateri Ewing
- “How to Draw Almost Everything for Kids: An Illustrated Sourcebook” by Nao Sakamoto
- “Super Simple Cartooning for Kids: Do You Ever Scribble Pictures in the Margins of Your Notebook?” written and illustrated by Rosa M. Curto
New at the Library
Fiction
- “Devil House” by John Darnielle
- “Sugar Birds” by Cheryl Bostrom
- “Vagabonds!” by Eloghosa Osunde
Nonfiction
- “The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees” by Matthieu Aikins
- “Plants Are My Favorite People: A Relationship Guide for Plants and Their Parents” by Alessia Resta
- “Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free” by Sarah Weinman
Children
- “How to Be a Math Genius” by Mike Goldsmith
- “The Legend of the Dream Giants” written and illustrated by Dustin Hansen
- “Love in the Library” written by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Yas Imamura
This is just a small sampling of the many new titles added each week to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District collection. Find more in our catalog, or call (360) 906-5000 to reserve titles or find additional listings.
Jan Johnston, Collection Manager
Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries
You can email Jan at readingforfun@fvrl.org
A version of this column was published in the Sunday, March 27, 2022 edition of The Columbian newspaper.
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