Daily Archives: September 19, 2018

This is the second in a series of special Christmas Nice Little Town coloring books. In this book, the artist has chosen to spotlight her little mouse characters. The designs are certainly secular rather than religious in nature. The town is decorated from stem to stern for Christmas with trees, gifts, elves and more.

One of my favorites is of the little mouse sitting on Santa’s lap. The little guy is bawling just like my kids did the first time they went to see Santa. The mice are trying to behave themselves so Santa won’t bring them coal! The designs are detailed and some include intricate areas to color.

As usual with this series, each page is cuter than the one before.In addition to the Little Town drawings, the artist has also included some bonus illustrations of Christmas ornaments. The ornaments are less detailed than the Little Town designs.

I want to note that the Amazon owned company, CreateSpace is now being folded into KDF (Kindle Direct Publishing.) These independent artist books will move along into the new group shortly if they have not already done so by now. According to what I’ve read, the same warehouses and printing presses will be used. No mention is made of paper but one assumes that it will be the same as well.

I don’t know if the copy I received was printed by CreateSpace or by KDP, but I can say that it is the same paper I am used to receiving (for years now) from CreateSpace. That is: thin, white, slightly rough, and non-perforated. I will continue to check books as I receive them and will note, in new reviews, if the quality changes.

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