Top Recommendations: Colouring Books for Adults

Hi everyone! :D So it appears in the recent months that the new addition of colouring books for adults has taken over the world. They are literally everywhere. Every time I pop into a bookstore, I see a table just for colouring books. It is so awesome! A few posts back, I mentioned some of my favorite colouring books that have been helpful with de-stressing and dealing with anxiety, which you can read here! I thought I'd put together a post offering some of my top recommendations for colouring books :) 

1. The Nature Coloring Book by Editors of Thunder Bay Press

Publisher: Thunder Bay Press

Pages: 256 pages

Available for purchase: Chapters/Indigo 

2. The Vintage Coloring Book by Editors of Thunder Bay Press

Publisher: Thunder Bay Press

Pages: 256 pages

Available for purchase: Chapters/Indigo

3. Color Me Happy by Lacy Mucklow

Illustrator: Angela Porter

100 Coloring Templates That Will Make You Smile

Publisher: Race Point Publishing

Pages: 208 pages

Available for purchase: Chapters/Indigo

4. Color Me Calm by Lacy Mucklow

Illustrator: Angela Porter

100 Coloring Templates For Meditation and Relaxation 

Publisher: Race Point Publishing

Pages: 208 pages

Available for purchase: Chapters/Indigo

5. Colour Me Good Harry Styles by Mel Elliot 

Publisher: I Love Mel

Pages: 32 pages

Available for purchase: Chapters/Indigo

(how could I resist this one? ;))

Please let me know in the comments below if you own any of these books and what you think of them! Also if you plan on picking any of these up, please let me know! :) These are some of my favorite colouring books that I keep returning to! I will have more recommendation posts for future colouring books because my collection is quite big ;) 

Happy colouring! :D 

Disclaimer: I received an copy of The Nature Coloring Book and The Vintage Coloring Book from Raincoast Books for consideration/review. All opinions are my own. 

Review: Doodle Lit by Jennifer Adams & Illustrated by Alison Oliver

Doodle Lit by Jennifer Adams & Illustrated by Alison Oliver

Publishing Date: August 1, 2014
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Pages: 272 pages
Colouring/Drawing Book

The Premise: From those who made the Babylit Books, comes Doodle Lit, which is a colouring and drawing book for those that want to celebrate classical literature in ~doodle~ form. The book incorporates many literary favorites such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll and more. There are many pages filled with quirky designs for colouring but also crafting.

My overall thoughts and review: It seems that within the past few months, adult colouring books has just sky-rocketed. The popularity surrounding colouring books is insane. I myself have jumped on this bandwagon and I've been obsessed with colouring books as of late (I will have a full post up about this obsession at some point). When a literary agent contacted me about reviewing this book, I was instantly excited. I know about the babylit books through the grapevine and I even have a fellow colleague at school who is writing a paper on the use of babylit books, so I was quite excited that babylit has come up with a new and more interactive platform to take their work. The book is quite large, 272 pages and filled with tons of activities for your child. The instructions are clear, but also, there is a lot of freedom to ~do as you wish~ with each page. I think it is fascinating that you are introducing literary classics to a child quite earlier on, and in a way that is instructive but also playful. As a twenty-something, I definitely enjoyed looking through this book, but even more so, using it. I know that it is marketed for children, but with the new love for colouring books for adults, I think this is one that some adults would definitely enjoy as well, seeing all the literary classics incorporated. I would highly recommend this for any parent looking to add a non-traditional colouring book into their child's life (and to check out Babylit in general because they have a wide range!), but also I would like to highly recommend this to those that are adults and are loving this current colouring book phase. It will not disappoint!

Now available for purchase at:
Chapters/Indigo and Book Depository (Free Worldwide Shipping)
Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by Gibbs Smith for consideration/review. All opinions are my own.