I've never liked books like this. There's a long heritage of books that just contain drawing 'steps' that do nothing to help an artist actually learn technique and craft.<p>Mostly, it's part of what leads to:<p><a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-to-draw-an-owl" rel="nofollow">http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-to-draw-an-owl</a>
I'd seen this book before but was unaware that E. G. Lutz had written a book on animation, which, according to the Wikipedia entry on Lutz, was a sort of bible for early animators, including Walt Disney.