Daily Archives: September 1, 2015

“The Time Garden” is the color book representation of a young girl’s journey through a magical clock. She follows a fairy into the clock and enters into a wonderful world. The story reminds me of an updated version of “Alice In Wonderland”. The story is told in a few short words on a smattering of pages. The words do not distract from the illustrations as they are kept to their separate pages.

Daria Song, the artist/writer of this book, has received advanced degrees in fine arts in her native South Korea. Early in her life, she also spent time in San Francisco and that translates into the art in this book. The designs are charming and will be a pleasure to color. I really enjoy the story book form of coloring book as a change from straight coloring. I find both to be extremely relaxing for me and sometimes the most challenging are the ones that take me out of my daily stress the most.

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