Draw by Grid: Baby Animals
50 grid drawings by cartoonist Kevin Coulston. Not sure it’s the right one? Compare all 3 Baby Animals books below and pick the best fit for your kid’s age.
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Three ways to draw the same characters
Trace Then Color
Ages 3+
Follow a dotted outline, then color it in. Best for little hands just learning to hold a pencil.
- Preschool and pre-K
- No reading needed
How to Draw
Ages 5+
Every character is built step by step, with a light gray outline of the finished drawing to follow. Kids learn to build drawings from simple shapes.
- Kindergarten to grade 5
- Builds real drawing skills
Draw by Grid
Ages 5+ · this book
Copy one square at a time to get the proportions just right. Great for kids who like puzzles.
- Grades K to 5
- Teaches proportion and focus
About this book
Draw by Grid: Baby Animals – A Step-by-Step Drawing Book for Kids Who Love Adorable Creatures!
Get ready to draw the cutest baby animals you've ever seen—one square at a time! Draw by Grid: Baby Animals is a super fun and engaging art book that teaches kids how to draw using the classic grid method. With 50 sweet and silly baby animals to recreate, this book helps young artists build confidence, improve accuracy, and develop strong drawing skills—all while having tons of fun!
Each page features a full grid drawing of an adorable baby animal and a blank grid for kids to copy the image, square by square. It's a simple and effective way to learn how to draw while also training the eye to focus on shapes, proportions, and details.
Whether your child is just getting started or already loves to sketch, this book is a great tool to encourage creativity and artistic growth.
What’s Inside:
- 50 cute and original baby animal characters, hand-drawn just for this book.
- A wide variety of animals including baby elephants, giraffes, penguins, foxes, kittens, puppies, owls, turtles, bunnies, and more!
- Blank grids for each animal so kids can copy drawings right alongside the original.
- Easy-to-follow layout that makes drawing feel approachable and fun.
- Printed on high-quality white paper, perfect for pencils, crayons, or markers.
Why Kids (and Parents) Love This Book:
✅ Adorable characters that are fun and exciting to draw. ✅ Builds real drawing skills using the proven grid method. ✅ Great for fine motor skills, focus, and spatial awareness. ✅ Encourages creativity in a low-pressure way—perfect for beginners! ✅ Screen-free, educational fun that keeps kids entertained for hours.
All of the art in this book is 100% hand-drawn by artist and illustrator Kevin Coulston, creator of FirstArtBooks. Every character has been carefully designed to be simple, silly, and satisfying to draw. You won’t find generic or recycled clip art here—just cute, expressive animals full of personality.
Perfect For:
- Kids ages 6 and up
- Beginners who want to learn to draw
- Homeschool art time or classroom creativity breaks
- Gifts for animal lovers, doodlers, and aspiring artists
- Rainy days, road trips, or quiet time activities
With Draw by Grid: Baby Animals, your child will not only have a blast drawing but will also gain valuable skills they can use in their own original artwork. This book is a perfect blend of structure and imagination—kids follow the grid, then color and personalize their drawings however they like.
Give your young artist the tools to succeed and the characters to fall in love with. With 50 baby animals waiting to be drawn, there’s a new friend on every page.
Try pages from this book
These are original interior pages. Open a full-size JPG to print, or download a copy for your next drawing session.




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Compare the Baby Animals books
| Trace Then Color: Baby Animals | How to Draw: Baby Animals | Draw by Grid: Baby Animals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Style | Trace and color | Step-by-step lessons | Grid drawing |
| Ages | 3+ | 5+ | 5+ |
| Drawings | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Pages | 106 | 106 | 106 |
| Published | Mar 2025 | Aug 2025 | May 2025 |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8313100036 | 979-8298190169 | 979-8284355862 |
| Amazon | Amazon | Buy on Amazon |

50 animals to draw by grid.
One book.
Copy one square at a time and every drawing comes out just right. Ages 5 and up.
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