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on a virtual road trip with this fun book and color your way
across America. There are 55 different stamp shaped pictures
in here depicting 50 states and 5 top national parks. You
could even take this book away with you…
Not that it is small (11” x 8½”) but coloring
is an activity that can be done while travelling or once you
arrive at your destination. The paper is fairly standard,
being a smooth, bright white and of reasonable quality; the
images are printed on one side only so you can use a wide
variety of media for coloring. I recommend putting a sheet
of card underneath if you want to use anything other than
pencils for best results. There is a helpful chart at the
beginning showing all 25 colors and unusually a selection
of six tints, tones and shades of the color so you can choose
the ultimate look of your work. Each stamp takes up most of
a page but allows a space at the bottom for testing colors,
which can be cut off, and there is a useful dotted line in
the margin for removal. The stamps depict a typical scene
associated with the state plus the words (state name) Forever.
Also featured are the state flower or bird, sometimes both
and there is a list of these. Choose from surfboards and a
wave (Hawaii), motor racing (Indiana), Route 66 (Oklahoma)
and more. Inside the back cover is a list of all 5 thumbnails,
very small to see but visible (a magnifying glass helps) showing
them colored in. Having a foldout page showing them larger
would have been better, but overall this is a fun and imaginative
book that will appeal to both sexes and varied ages. The pictures
are fairly simplistic so would be ideal for beginner colorists
or children, or anybody who just wants to chill out rather
than wrestle with more complex images.
If you cannot find a good range of coloring materials locally
try www.searchpress.com for a list of suppliers.
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