Evi Crotti
BEYOND THE DOODLE. Understanding Children from Their Drawings
Capire i bambini dai loro disegni
1st edition June 2026
Series
PROGETTO FAMIGLIA
Size 14 x 21 cm
Number of pages 128
CDU
19F 360
ISBN/EAN
9788892250529
Evi Crotti
BEYOND THE DOODLE. Understanding Children from Their Drawings
A few sheets of paper and some coloured pencils are enough to capture a child’s attention. Sometimes, to the despair of parents and educators, even paper isn’t necessary: any surface will do. Whether it’s a means of entertainment or inadvertent vandalism, children’s drawings are, above all, an expression of their personality, their inner world, and the issues they often can’t express in words. An expert educational psychologist, Evi Crotti, guides us through a concise overview of the hidden meanings in a selection of drawings by boys and girls she has personally encountered. From scribbles to more structured drawings, no detail is overlooked. The house, the tree, the human figure, the family, the choice of colours: every element of a drawing can become a valuable key to understanding moods, emotional needs, and relational modalities. After closing the book, we can’t help but look at the images drawn by little ones with different eyes and enter the hidden world they have chosen to reveal to us. Drawing thus emerges not as a simple creative game, but as an authentic form of communication and growth.
Evi Crotti, an educational psychologist, journalist, and expert in nonverbal communication, founded the first Morettian graphology school in Milan in 1975, and continues to direct it. She has been consulting with companies on personnel selection and training. She has specialized in the psychology of writing and drawing during developmental years, overseeing the training of teachers in nursery, kindergarten, elementary, and middle schools. She has published numerous essays on the psychological study of developmental years.
Selling Points
- Book designed to guide parents, teachers, and educators in discovering the rich inner world of young children.
- Richness of examples, realistic cases, and practical observations.
- Accessible and engaging text.
What does a child’s drawing really tell us? Much more than you might imagine.