Drawing the Animals of the World

Animals of the World Booklet

A Booklet for Drawing Animals
Animals of the World is a printable 1/4 sized booklet that has 4 pages for each continent. For each continent, the student should list a few animals on the continent's list page, and at some point, draw at least 3 of the animals.

I made the first Animals of the World booklet in 1997 for my daughter, then 8 years old, who enjoyed drawing animals. I thought I might as well make her experience dimensional (beyond Disney) by adding location to some of her favorite animals, lions mostly. She drew the animals in scenes- with some resting with their young, with some being stalked, and with some just sitting or playing in their natural habitat.

The File: Animals of the World Booklet
Please read printing instructions.

How to Print the Booklet

The booklet has to be printed in a certain way so that the pages will stay in order once the booklet is cut and assembled.
The file uses 4 sheets of printer paper. Use 28 lb. paper or heavier for better results.

Ways to print the booklet, choose one
• Duplex? If you can make adobe print in duplex, that would be the quickest way, but I've never seen or found a duplex setting for PDF.
• First Odd Pages, then Even Pages: So, the next easiest way to print the booklet is to first print the odd numbered pages, then correctly reload the paper and print the even numbered pages. This is the method that I used when I test printed the booklet.
• Manual Duplex: Manual duplex is okay if reloading your printer paper is easy. To print with "manual duplex"-
  Print page 1, reload paper and print page 2 on the other side.
  Print page 3, reload paper and print page 4 on the other side.
  Print page 5, reload paper and print page 6 on the other side.
  Print page 7, reload paper and print page 8 on the other side.

So basically, the 8 pages of this file should be printed back to back in perfect order. Okay then.

After printing the pages, cut each one in half and stack the pages in order.

Fold the booklet in half so that it is in its "booklet" shape. Page through the booklet and make certain that the pages are in order.

If everything is good, staple along the fold.

As your child learns in geography and science about animals and where they live and how they live, add them to the book. There are many resources for that online and in books.