Daily Archives: September 27, 2016

The World of the Hunger Games: The Official Coloring Book

By: Scholastic

Rating: 2 of 5

I’ll include a silent video flip-through so you can decide if this book meets your expectations (as it did not meet mine.)

When I pre-ordered this book, there wasn’t a product description but a coloring book which was the official one and based on all four movies should include a good number of designs of the characters stand-alone and in iconic scenes as well, right? Apparently, not this one. There are a couple of scenes shown but two are from behind and one has Katniss strategically covering her face as she pulls back her arrow.

There are a few character designs at the end of the book but not what you would expect based on other movie/book coloring books out there. These few designs seem to be more focused on the fashion rather than the character.

While the designs in the book are well drawn, most are architectural in nature. If you are going to show me Katniss’ living quarters, then show me her in those quarters. Ditto with the rest of the areas shown.

I expected to see scenes from the movies and instead received what look like designs of empty sets, quite a few of symbols and district shields and also a number of wallpaper style designs of repeating patterns. Had I been able to see a Look Inside of this book at any point, I would not have ordered it.

While I won’t be testing the paper with my coloring medium because I fully intend to send this book back, I can tell you what I have seen about the paper.

94 pages of designs mostly based on sets and symbols and very few including any characters.

Printed on both sides of the page

Paper is medium weight, ivory, smooth and non-perforated

Glue binding

Designs merge into the binding area

Most designs spread across two pages