Without adequate explanations or statements of purpose, flip-flopping from subject to subject results in confusion. The content is disorganized and scattered children learn to draw the wind, a piece of chalk, a thinking cap, a boy, and a cat in the first five lessons. It seems that Professor Thistle plans to invent flying candy and rename the historic district "Candy City." Fortunately, he reconsiders and instead offers balloon rides over the area. The articles are all related to the questionable fate of Alexander Hamilton's Silk City, which, readers are told, was founded in 1792 as the country's first manufacturing center. News clippings from the Silk City Bee, a fictitious newspaper, are scattered throughout. Grade 4-6-Organized into 67 lessons, this small, spiral-bound book attempts to teach children the basics of drawing while including a smattering of informational vignettes, a muddled story line, and a few simple art projects.
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