Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls

We bought this for our ten-year-old daughter along with a set of gel pens. She absolutely loves it! The book Is the perfect size for her to pop in to her bag and take along wherever we go. The pages are filled with prompts to inspire creativity. Will definitely be looking to buy more from this company!

What an amazing gift to help young girls discover the beauty in self expression. I purchased this for my daughter in order to introduce her to art journaling (which I love) and possibly spark a little creativity. She loves art projects and since I gave this to her, she takes it with her everywhere. She LOVES it. This is perfect for her, as she is getting older, to help understand that art is not only fun, but can help you to express yourself. I would definitely recommend.

I very much disagree with previous review that this book is too small, how big do you want it. I think its just perfect and my daughter loves it! I need to print some pictures of her and her friends so she can add them to her book. There are quite a few pages that have an area to glue picks.....

I purchased this book for my niece's 8th birthday, and she and her mother both were thrilled when they flipped through the book. At eight years old my niece doesn't have much patience for journaling, but she does love doodling. The prompts are creative and seem age appropriate, and the book seems to be a fun alternative to traditional journaling.

I'm an artist and journalling teacher - and this book has tickled me on both levels. The prompts are perfect jumping points for all sorts of creative thought and the pages are delightfully designed, yet not so perfect/prescious that they scare a child off from marking on them/journalling. I put it immediately on my journalling bibliography that I hand out to my student's parents - and based on the kids' reactions at today's class, it'll soon be in each of their backpacks! Furthermore, my daughter begged me to give her my copy. Solution? I bought another one!! Wonderful book, Dawn - and thank you!!

Bought 2 of these as gifts because of top ratings, but returned them because they were small, thick, and would be almost impossible for a child to hold open to work in unless you totally destroyed the spine of the book.

The book is more than anything a starting point for art journaling. I like the book design, the weight and feel of the pages, so pretty and inviting. "Doodle Diary" doesn't tell the whole story, because it's much more than a place to doodle. I like the simple way Dawn incorporates familiar art supplies and fresh journaling prompts. I like creative books that guide your imagination, sparking ideas and experiments along the way.

This would be a good present for a girl (only because it has a girly feel, not because boys cannot art journal), age 7+ (not just kids, anyone up for creative fun) because you can really make of it what you wish. Kids as young as 2nd grade and up through any age. I could see this as an on-going activity for a mother-daughter book club, parsed out through a handful of meetings. Or a surprise gift for a girl going on a long flight (along with some markers, etc.). When we travel, I like to bring along a few surprises for each of my daughters, to make the flights pass just a little faster.

Creative fun, excellent book.

Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls by Dawn Sokol is an excellent gift for a girl who loves to draw and write about her life. With the journaling prompts like: "What are you favorite foods?" to "My Heroes", it's easy to either draw and/or write about their life. The book is full color with lovely watercolor backgrounds on many of the pages. It would be really nice to give to a special girl on her birthday so she keep her memories each year. It is geared at girls ages 9-12, and includes 160 pages, enough to keep her busy for a long time!