Savannah Holtz

October 10, 2015

LAE 4424
Dr. Meadows
Literary Analysis
Genre: Information Books
Drawing Dinosaurs by Steve Beaumont

Bibliographic Information
Beaumont, S. (2009). Drawing dinosaurs. London: Arcturus.
Plot
Starting off the book goes over the basics of coloring, line art, shapes, and then scencery.
The book goes over individual types of dinosaurs as well which include the t-rex, oviraptor,
velociraptor, diplodocus, iguanodon, parasaurolophus, giganotosaurus, argentinosaurus,
spinosaurus, stegosaurus, ankylosaurus, triceratops, pteranodon, tropeognathus, archaeopteryx,

ichthyosaurus, liopleurodon, and the plesiosaurus. For each of these dinosaurs it also includes a
few fun facts for the reader.
Setting
The book is set in the current setting of the reader since it has the reader create objects
while reading.
Theme
There is no well-defined theme to this book it simply teaches you the techniques needed
to draw dinosaurs.
Characters
There are no traditional characters only the types of dinosaurs that you can learn to draw
are included in the book.
Style
This book is written in a how to style of writing that is known for simple instructions
that go step by step through the process of something.
Point of View
This book is written from the view of an artist that is teaching a student to draw dinosaurs
in third person.
Reflections
I really enjoyed looking at this book since I have always loved drawing books. I fell it
would be a wonderful book to jump start reading interest in a student you like to learn hands on
giving them a purpose to the text by drawing the animal.