Shaped Coloring Book, 2009

Here's a few samples from this 48 page Snow White coloring book published in 2009. It came out a couple months before the film's Diamond Edition blu-ray release, one of the numerous books that coincided with that home video event. Part of the Disney Shaped Coloring Book Series, the cover has an interesting shaped-cut border along the its right edge.

Designed for ages 4-8. Original retail price: $2.99 (USD).

Images copyright Disney.

See more pages online at Google Books.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Shaped Coloring Book
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-10: 0736425918
ISBN-13: 978-0736425919

Other princess films in the Shaped Coloring Book Series include Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.

French-Language Math Book, 1997

Jouons avec les chiffres (or Playing With Numbers) is copyrighted 1996 by Phidal (based in Montreal) and 1997 by Disney. This Snow White-themed math book was sold in Belgium and probably other French-speaking countries too. Designed for ages 4 and older, it helps parents teach their children about rudimentary arithmetic through the use of stickers that are pictured with numbers, animals and characters from the film.

The 16 pages are illustrated with images of Snow White, the Dwarfs and her forest animal friends. It's good to see that the Queen and Witch made it onto a page as well. The Prince shares one sticker with the Princess.


Front cover...

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The introduction to the book roughly translates as the following:

This sticker book, created for kids of 4 years and older offers simple and fun activities that will help your child learn with numbers. Moreover, this practical book and its re-usable stickers can be used in many other ways. After having completed all of the book games, your child can create his/her own story with the stickers on the last page.

The re-useable stickers didn't really work, however. Once they were placed on the math exercise pages, they tended not to come off.


Learning to count...

Addition and subtraction...

Put them in order...

Make your own story page...

Back cover...

All illustrations copyright Phidal/Disney.

Book images and information courtesy of Alexandre Milazzo.

"How To Draw Snow White" Book

 1993 Front Cover

In the 1990s, publisher Walter Foster released the Disney How to Draw Series, a collection of instruction books featuring characters from the animated films. These oversize softcovers contain easy step-by-step lessons for drawing both the main characters and the supporting cast.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was one of these early titles (along with Bambi, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin). Although marketed for children, the instruction is useful for anyone first learning to sketch these illustrated figures.

The introductory pages give a little history on the making of the film and then some basic information on general drawing techniques. The first lesson begins with Snow White's head and facial expressions...

A nice feature of this book is its colorful background imagery. Whether it's the wishing well or a forest glade, these designs only help to enhance the experience of the drawing instruction. The compilation books which were published later do not include this lovely aspect.


Next are steps in drawing the full body followed by some action poses...

The 44-page book includes similar instruction for all of the Dwarfs, the Queen and Witch, the Prince, and the Huntsman. Also covered are the forest animals, the Queen's raven and even a sinister vulture.

1993 Back Cover

How to Draw Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1993 Edition

Illustrated by David Pacheco and Diana Wakeman

ISBN-10: 1560101644

ISBN-13: 978-1560101642

In the 2000s, the collection was renamed the Disney Learn to Draw Series and updated with more books from other films. Today, the Snow White title is no longer available new, although it can be picked up used via any number of online resellers.

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How to Draw Princesses (later released as Learn to Draw Princesses) is a 32-page compilation of drawing instruction taken somewhat from the individual books. It features each of the six princesses pictured on the cover plus Tinker Bell. Introduction written by Catherine McCafferty and published by Walter Foster in 2004.

While this title gives the budding artist a broader sampling of princesses to choose from, it does not include any of the supporting characters.

The "How to Draw" cover updated to "Learn to Draw".

How to use this book...

The Snow White instruction pages are fewer and more basic than those found in her original 1993 How-to-Draw book.

See the book in its entirety on Scribd or purchase it cheap at Amazon or from the publisher.

ISBN-10: 1560106999

ISBN-13: 9781560106999

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In 2010, Walter Foster published an updated version of Learn to Draw Favorite Princesses. The book included the newest character to join the princess team, Tiana. Also added were Mulan and Pocahontas plus numerous supporting characters from the more recent films. No new material, however, was added to the original three princesses, and Tink was bumped to the Learn to Draw the Fairies of Pixie Hollow book. 

All images copyright Disney

ISBN-10: 1600581455
ISBN-13: 978-1600581458

Whitman Snow White Masks

This set of paper masks comes from the Masks of the Seven Dwarfs and Snow White book, published in 1938 by Whitman Publishing Company. Contains eight brightly-colored punch-out masks, each printed on a separate page. Booklet measures approximately 10.75" x 10.5".

Grumpy mask not shown.

Happy Mask

Publication date on back, 1938.