24 Sweet Christmas Cats (some with Santa) in two different sizes printed on one side only

I love the Christmas holiday season. I love to decorate and I am going to love coloring in this wonderfully cute cat theme coloring book. I was involved with cat rescue in years past (fostering cats as needed), so there was always a few cats around at the holidays. I can attest that the designs that show the cats in and about the decorations are true to life. Those with Santa and the elves, well, you will have to judge those for yourself.

The artist, Jason Hamilton, has provided another really outstanding cat coloring book. He has framed all of his designs which is something that I really appreciate. I like having the defined edge to a page so I am not left with half done elements and trying to figure out how to stop without a finishing point. It also saves a bunch on time and materials not to have to color the entire page. I will certainly look for more of Mr. Hamilton’s books in the future.

What is outstanding and unique about this coloring book (and Mr. Hamilton’s other coloring book Cats and Quilts) is that you are given full size coloring pages of each design as well as a 4 x 6 inch version. All of the designs are printed on one side of the paper (with the back left blank) though the smaller version are printed two to a page (with the back left blank.) All of the designs have blank space on all sides, so coloring into corners is not an issue with this book.

The designs are printed on white non-perforated paper. The paper is medium weight and all markers and gel pens bleed through. Not a problem I am now using a piece of chipboard under my work to keep ink from leaking through to ruin the design below. You can use heavyweight paper or card stock but be sure to check to see how many layers you need to keep it from leaking through. The binding of this book is glued rather than sewn or stapled. There is plenty of room to cut the page out if you wish.

In summary, a really great Christmas coloring book for the cat enthusiast. This coloring book could have been improved by using perforated paper to make it easier to remove pages. Given that plenty of room was provided for making cuts, this was not a large problem. The paper quality could have been improved but by printing on one side, it is easy to slip a heavier weight paper behind the page being worked on to keep the ink from going any further.