Friday 27 May 2016

Draw With Me, Dad! and Colour With Me, Mum! Side-By-Side Book Review And Giveaway

If you are looking for a book to share with your child that is a bit different and will engage both of you equally, then Race Point Publishing may have just the thing. On May 1st they released 2 new books for you to 'Draw, Colour and Connect' with your child.

In today's busy life it's too easy to rush around and not spend time with your child, and when you do, it can be hard to get them to put down their screen and actually have a conversation. Draw With Me, Dad! and Colour With Me, Mum! hope to solve that problem by giving you something calm and active to do while you chat.


Draw With Me, Dad! by Jasmine Narayan and Chad Geren takes adult and children's colouring books and mashes them together with a surprisingly effective and beautiful result.


The book has lots of advice on use, including how to avoid being negative while interacting with your children and using the book. Usually I'm a bit put off by these sections, but it was incredibly well written by Family Psychologist Jasmine Narayan, and all logical and clear, with sensible advice and reminders.


Draw With Me, Dad is a way to sit together and connect without being sidetracked by screens or work. Just spend that time together, finding out more about each other. Each page not only has the beginnings of an illustration for the parent and child to work on together, but also prompts for conversation.


I knew my 7 year old would love this book, and he couldn't wait to sit and draw with his Dad. Surprisingly he chose one of the less 'mature' images - Draw With Me, Dad is truly suitable for a child of any age to draw, colour, scribble, mark-make or complete a work worthy of a gallery. A good piece of art is whatever you want it to be.


My 6 year old didn't join in colouring, he was happy to watch and join in the chat, but to me that proves the book works perfectly! It was a great way to end the evening before bedtime and a story book, it really left everyone calm and relaxed, and my boys settled to sleep really nicely.


Draw With Me, Dad! is a wide format 'side-by-side' book to read and use alongside your child, and is suitable for any age or ability. It has an astounding 208 pages, and a recommended price of £8.99. Well worth it in our opinion.


Race Point Publishing have very kindly offered a copy of either Draw With Me, Dad! or Colour With Me, Mum! for one of my readers. Entry to the giveaway is by Gleam form below. The giveaway is open to UK entrants only and will end at midnight Sunday 19th June. For full terms and conditions please see the Gleam form.

For all of my other giveaways or advice about using the Gleam entry form, please see my giveaways page.

Draw With Me, Dad! Side-By-Side Book Giveaway

55 comments:

  1. usually stars, moons, hearts is the best i can do, always been hopeless at art

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  2. My doodles really depend on my mood, but I often draw people.

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  3. Flowers for some reason although I don't know why. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.

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  4. wheni doodle i tend to draw flowers !

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  5. when i draw with my son he likes to draw family pictures of us all at the beach

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  6. I tend to draw cat faces for some reason! :)

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  7. I usually draw small smiley faces

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  8. These look like something my husband could us as part of his therapy sessions at work! Very interesting :-D

    Thanks for your review, I'll pass it along to him.

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  9. Oh, and I am not a very good doodler. Tends to be flowers and swirls, bit boring :-D

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  10. Would love to win for my daughter

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  11. I used to be one of those sad kids who used to doodle my autograph over everything, but after I realised Hollywood wouldn't be calling..I tend to doodle daydream pictures of palm trees on desert islands and sunshine :)

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  12. i try and doodle butterflies

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  13. I doodle in circles. I wonder what that means?

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  14. I tend to draw animals in a cartoon style.

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  15. I like to doodle mermaids - all that hair! :)

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  16. Animals and flowers.

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  17. i like to doodle flowers and cartoon cats

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  18. I tend to draw clouds and butterflies

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  19. mine tend to be patterns @msedollyp

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  20. I usually draw animals and flowers

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  21. Spirals and very basic flowers!

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  22. I always flowers flowers and then hearts

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  23. It tends to be flowers or just scribbles

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  24. Normally flowers

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  25. Samantha walker11 June 2016 at 09:20

    Usually tends to be flowers or my name...which is,rather random I know!

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  26. Flowers, a couple of simple birds and a sun! @kleesical

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  27. Usually hearts or cartoon faces

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  28. Stick people, anything very childlike as my drawing skills are nil

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  29. Elizabeth Hinds18 June 2016 at 08:01

    I usually draw silly faces when I'm doodling :)

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  30. A House with a tree in the garden

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  31. rabbits and mice!!

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  32. I tend to draw faces or scenery

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  33. I tend to doodle patterns or flowers

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  34. I doodle circles and lines

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  35. Flowers, swirls and butterflies x

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  36. I doodle flowers and hearts

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  37. I draw lots of different animals and people! :)

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