Animation Book Database
A Searchable Database of Animation Books for Educators
The Animation Book Database lists animation books recommended by teachers and professionals in the animation community. Inclusion in the database does not imply endorsement, and exclusion does not indicate disapproval. The database will continue to grow with new recommendations from the animation education community. To suggest a book for inclusion, please use the Suggest A Book button at the bottom of this page.

Drawing Life Back into Animation: A personal Journey through the Toon Renaissance of the 1990s
Author: Tom SitoSubject: Animation Biography, Walt Disney, ISBN: 978-1-138-50147-8Publisher: CRC Press. LondonDate Of Publication: 2026
How to Draw Classic Cartoons
Author: Bill Nolan, Walter Newton, edited by Gary PantonSubject: Animation InstructionISBN: 978-1-915751-48-5Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books, LondonDate Of Publication: 2025
The Art of Wallace Gromit, Vengeance Most Foul
Author: Richard HansomSubject: Animation HistoryISBN: 9781835410127Publisher: Titan Books, LondonDate Of Publication: 2024
Buccaneer: James Stuart Blackton and the birth of American Movies
Author: Donald DeweySubject: Animation BiographyISBN: 978-1-4422-4258-6Publisher: Rowman and LittlfieldDate Of Publication: 2016
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