Girls' World of Doodles: Over 100 Pictures to Complete and Create

I ordered these along with a set of boys doodle books because my kids, ages 4 & 6, enjoy other doodle books we've bought. In general, the images in these types of books are advanced artistically for the preschool/elementary age group, but spark a lot of imagination, are fun to do for the whole family or with multiple kids, and allow lots of room to embellish & get creative with scrapbook materials and various art supplies. I planned on using this particular set for birthday party gifts. However, I'm confused by the design of this product, which seems to be both marketed to both young girls and older ones. Many of the images to continue coloring and designing are elaborate and beautiful, and appropriate for young girls (butterflies, woodlands, flowers, snowflakes, etc.), but the pictures depicting actual girls are of teenagers who seem a bit too sexy and media-centric for what I'd want my young daughter to emulate. Plus, several pages focus on looks & material items (decorate/design swim suits, nails, designer shoes, dresses, tights, earrings, etc.), but none focus on thoughts, ideas, learning, reading, etc. I'm not sure if I'll feel this is an appropriate gift for a girl under teen aged years (or really any girl who might glean a skewed idea of what a girl should be by the subtle messaging depicted on some of the pages). Interestingly, the boys books have images of a variety of things boys (and girls) might be into plan and simple, with no odd images of slightly sexy teenage boys or "draw the blushing groom" pictures. Would be nice if we could send a similar message to our girls - one of creativity and intelligence plan and simple.

I saw this book at Wal-Mart and was pretty dang impressed by how creative and well-made it was. (The pages are nice and heavy, unlike most coloring books.) But considering I am not a 1) mother, 2) aunt, and 3) someone who even KNOWS any kids, I couldn't think of a reason to buy it. Except for myself. Which I felt (at the time) would have been silly.Well, I ended up including it in a larger Amazon book order, and you know what? It's awesome. I love to work in it for about 45 minutes before bedtime and just kind of unwind. I've always been a doodler anyway, and loved coloring books as a kid.Conclusion: buy this for your daughter, your niece, your neighbor's kid, or for yourself, even if you are legally an adult. Feel no shame! Doodle on, people!

I bought this for my 6 year old daughter who loves to draw, paint, craft, etc. She LOVES this book and has sat quietly with it for over an hour. The pages offer enough inspiration for her to get started and plenty of space for her to be creative on her own. I have found that she's taken some of the techniques and used them on other drawings on her own. I wish there were more versions of this book....I'd get them all. I'm going to get her the boy version because she's almost done with this one. If you have a creative little one who enjoys drawing/coloring, get this one!

I ordered this book for my granddaughter, she is very artistic, I ordered this gel pen set to go with it.Fiskars 12-27457097 Gel Pen, 48-Piece Value SetThey arrived yesterday, I was very surprised when I saw the size of the book, it's huge! I'm sending it to another country, so it's going to be really expensive to mail, the pens too. After opening the book, I wasn't sorry I'd bought it, I know my granddaughter will love the art inside, and she'll have fun adding her own with the gel pens.

One of the best girl doodle books out there. Each page is so unique and special. From owls to Japanese geisha girls, every page is gorgeous and one that any girl would love to decorate and color. I highly recommend this doodle book if you have a little artist among you.

I like this book a lot but it has you writing in the book. I don't think I'm that good at doodling yet. It has a lot of really nice pictures that I would like to try more than once. I'm coping the pages and doing them a couple of times and this way I can share the book with others if they want to try their hand at doodling too..

I keep a supply of doodle books, crayons, markers for when my 3 granddaughters ages 5-8 visit. Sadly not one of them gravitates towards this book. They seem to prefer making their own pictures or using a coloring book. Although cute, they dont like to complete the started pictures or create their own from a copy of a picture. It may be they don't feel their finished product compares to the model.

I bought this for my 11 year old granddaughter after she saw it at her cousin's. She loves it!

Has partial coloured pages to help and encourage filling in with ideas it has many different "themes" to the pages, like: easter eggs, flowers, dresses, etc. My little girl loves it and j do too!