Both are maybe more biographically based than this parent is looking for, and WAAAY more text than a 7 year old can handle, but they also have a lot of pictures, (b&w, unfortunately, but a lot of them). The Bart Conner book does include an “at-home, parent-supervised beginner’s program to enhance motor development, self discipline, and general learning skills.”

Use Interlibrary loan (get the form from the public library, fill out, give it back to clerk) and you can look at it for free.