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Coloring Book Week: Rackham's Fairy Tale Coloring Book

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Rackham's Fairy Tale Coloring Book (Dover Classic Stories Coloring Book)  is not a new coloring book and predates--like many Dover coloring books--the current art therapy/coloring book trend. I love Arthur Rackham's illustrations and this book offers black and white renderings of his color paintings for you to color yourself. The other bonus is that this is priced much lower than most of the other coloring books on the market right now. For example, here is an original Rackham: And here is the coloring book version: The book also offers full text of the fairy tales, so essentially you get to read the stories, see the illustrations and then color them yourself. Book description: Preserving all of the characteristic elegance and charm of Rackham's original drawings and watercolors, 30 renderings capture scenes from "Hansel and Gretel," "King Thrushbear," "Doctor Know-All," "Snow White," "Rapunzel," "Sleeping Beauty,...

Coloring Book Week: Princesses and Fairies Colouring Book by Tomoko Tashiro

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Princesses and Fairies Colouring Book (Japanese Edition) by Tomoko Tashiro. So last week's post on Coloring Book Week: Fairy Tale Colouring Book by Tomoko Tashiro was one of the most popular entries. Good news is that next week a second coloring book featuring more fairy tales will be released. Fairy Tale Colouring Book (Japanese Edition) is so popular that it keeps going out of stock so I imagine this one will be a big hit, too, especially with offerings like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Thumbelina, Little Mermaid, and Snow White. I wanted to give you a chance to preorder for the release date if you are a fan. Click on any of these pages to view them larger. Book description: Color your own fairy tales! The Princesses and Fairies Colouring Book is a follow-up to the Fairy Tale Colouring Book illustrated by Tomoko Tashiro. Princesses and Fairies includes drawings inspired by fairy stories such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, A Midsummer Night s D...

Coloring Book Week: Art of Coloring Disney Princess: 100 Images to Inspire Creativity and Relaxation

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Art of Coloring Disney Princess: 100 Images to Inspire Creativity and Relaxation (Art Therapy) by Catherine Saunier-Talec and Anne Le Meur was released this past November. Disney doesn't need my help with promotion but I was surprised at how much I liked some of these illustrations. A few samples are below; as always click on them to view them larger size. Book description: Relax, and let the creativity flow through you. Whether a skilled artist or an everyday dabbler of drawings and doodles, fans of all ages will enjoy these stunning pen-and-ink illustrations of beautiful landscapes, elaborate patterns, and memorable characters from Disney's hit animated feature films featuring the Disney Princesses. The lovely packaging includes a board cover with double metallic foil stamping.