This is a super cute book with lots of fun and pretty coloring designs by the designers of Toc De Groc. There are beautiful flowers and gardens throughout the book. There are also a lot of animals in the book (cats, birds, elephants, owls, peacock, and more) but the focus is on a cute little kitty who appears in the most unusual of places – it is almost a treasure hunt for where is the kitty. There are a few pages where the cat doesn’t appear. While there are some issues with the way the book has been published, I really like this book and will buy a second copy, if need be, in order to color all the pages I would like to do with the types of materials I choose.
The book is printed on both sides of non-perforated heavyweight and really good grade white paper. There are 100 pages of coloring designs with most of the designs fitting on one page. There are 12 designs that span across two pages and those designs do merge into the binding somewhat. About half of these designs line up really well on my copy while the others are slightly misaligned. The binding is glued rather than sewn, so removing these few pages without losing some of the design will be difficult. I will be keeping my designs in the book as the two page designs are just so pretty, I don’t want to ruin them.
The book has a removable dustcover and you can color on the outside of it. The publisher missed some opportunities by not printing a design on the inside of the dustcover and by making the actual cover too glossy to color on.
Most of my markers bled through or left a shadow on the backside. The exceptions were Staedler triplus fineliners and Tombow dual brush markers but only when I used the brush end. When I used the marker end of the Tombow, it leached ink right through. While I tested with bright and dark colors, you might want to check with your own markers to be sure that they work well. My gel pens did not leak. They did, however, take a much longer drying time. This is something I have noticed with higher grade paper – the gel ink sits on the surface and needs extra drying time rather than being soaked in and through the paper. My coloring pencils worked fantastic on this beautiful paper.
There are certainly a few things I could have wished for in printing of this book (one sided printing, perforated paper) but on the whole, it is just a lovely book to color in. I love the appearance of the little kitties and the designs are just so much fun to color.
This is a super cute book with lots of fun and pretty coloring designs by the designers of Toc De Groc. There are beautiful flowers and gardens throughout the book. There are also a lot of animals in the book (cats, birds, elephants, owls, peacock, and more) but the focus is on a cute little kitty who appears in the most unusual of places – it is almost a treasure hunt for where is the kitty. There are a few pages where the cat doesn’t appear. While there are some issues with the way the book has been published, I really like this book and will buy a second copy, if need be, in order to color all the pages I would like to do with the types of materials I choose.