Colouring Books are Back – Fun Family Activity

The # 1 and # 2 best selling books on Amazon.com are “Secret Garden” and “Enchanted Forest” and in fact, five of the top 10-bestselling titles in the UK are adult colouring books.  But wait…there’s more.  Colouring books are making the bestseller list around the world and older adults as compared to younger adults are the major purchasers.  

activity!  Children derive pleasure when colouring and now parents can join in on the fun too! 

I confess that I love the smell of a newly opened box of crayons.  This magical emanation conjures wonderful childhood memories of my sister and I colouring on the living room floor while the sun poured through the oriel window beaming its halcyon light across our jubilant faces.  

found.  And there are also bits of the garden that still need to be completed by you.  Appealing to all ages, the intricately-realized world of the Secret Garden is both beautiful and inspirational.”  ~, excerpt from Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book, as cited on Amazon.com

of Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest, as reported by the Washington Post.

Every hand drawn design that Johanna Basford creates is charming and delightful, inviting you to peer closer and discover the hidden intricacies.

The next time you’re in search of that perfect gift for a special someone, consider purchasing a highly detailed, adult colouring book together with a PrismaColor Scholar pencil set (box of 60) - the prime choice according to Amazon’s comment section.  Ooh la la!  An absolutely fabulous and totally unexpected gift!  …and don’t forget the PrismaColor pencil sharpener!

system to their coloured pencil sets.  Regardless of the type of colour blindness you have, your colour selections would be based on identification, knowledge, self-reliance - and freedom of choice.

organizations - and for establishing ColorADD as a Canadian standard.

“Children who comprehend this concept at an early age are going to add wealth to their knowledge, and ultimately, it will affect how they perceive the world around them.” 

Secret Garden has sold over 1.5 million copies since it was published in March 2013 and it is presently out of stock.  To ensure you get a colouring book in the next shipment, Amazon and some other online stores will allow you to pre-order and reserve your colouring book.

Johanna Basford, an illustrator and “ink evangelist” creates intricate, hand drawn illustrations predominately, although not exclusively, in black and white with roots in flora and fauna.  She graduated in 2005 from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland with a degree in Printed Textiles and has a portfolio of monochrome silkscreen prints and drawings. 

Written by Veronika Bradley, Editor for Children’s Health and Safety Association – May 22, 2015 and Republished by Diligencia Investigative Reporting – April 2019