This is a coloring book
with a difference, a “search and color mission”
to discover the strange creatures that are lurking within
its pages. Can you spot Diabito in Candy Land for example,
who loves to eat anything fluffy? Or U F Ocean who scours
the seas for new species? Plus a selection of other items
hiding in the pictures, which need to be ticked off from a
list…
There are twenty-eight double page spreads in this 9¾”
square book and each is jam-packed with weird and amusing
detail. Spotting the four or five different “misfits”
in each picture is not easy until you start coloring, and
then they gradually appear to the sharp eyed. The paper is
average quality, bright white but printed on both sides and
yes, the pictures do vanish into the spine. Despite the cartoon
appearance which to me at least begs to be brightly colored
I would suggest pencils or crayons rather than pens. There
are no perforations but this is a book to be enjoyed as a
whole rather than taken apart for framing and I can imagine
it being kept to be looked at more than once to see if you
can spot the misfits. At the front there is also a list of
seven things such as dice, cartons, pencils and shurikens
with boxes beside them. Each picture has more than one in
it, but can you find them all and write the totals in the
boxes? The scenes depict lots of amazing creatures in different
settings exploring sewers, rafting down a river, out in space,
eating in a cafeteria, in a graveyard, at a pool party and
many more. It is a lot of fun for adults and children alike
and I hope there will be another one at some point. The sort
of thing that would make a great gift if you can bear to part
with it!
If you cannot find a good range of coloring materials locally
try www.searchpress.com for a list of suppliers.
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