SECRET GARDEN
‘Secret Garden, An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book' is published by Laurence King.
Secret Garden is not only a colouring book, but also an inky treasure hunt. Hidden within are all kinds of creatures and curiosities to be sought. The book opens with a list of things to be found, throwing down the eye spy gauntlet. 63 beatles, 20 songbirds, 116 butterflies, 1 shark... The pages are all black and white, naturally. Bare for you to either embellish in ebony ink or to flood with colour. I fully support both pursuits; there's a time and a place for monochrome elitism, this is not it.
The Review
"...a coloring book even adults will want to use." - MarthaStewart.com
"There are few art forms as meditative, nostalgic and all-around blissful as the coloring book.Consider trading in your yoga mat for a set of markers and peruse the gorgeous gardens of Basford's imagination." - Huffington Post
"Artist Johanna Basford is at the forefront of the grown up coloring trend. Her whimsical artwork just makes us want to drop all our responsibilities and color forever." - Hello Giggles
"...this book has multigenerational appeal. It's not just a coloring book, by any means. Some pages have space where the garden is incomplete so kids (and adults) can create a little flora and fauna of their own." - CoolMomPicks.com