Baby Dragons
By: Jade Summer
Rating: 4.5 of 5
This is a really cute dragon book. My other dragon books are a little too scary to share with my grandchildren. This book; however; is absolutely family friendly. The dragons are really sweet with adorable, big eyes.
The designs have full backgrounds. However, the designs are a little simpler in nature than many books in this imprint. Because of this, I find it an easy to color book that children will be able to color as well (but would still be a challenge for the very young child.)
There are two copies of each design included in the book. There are instructions (once you have purchased the book in paper format to be able to download the .pdf version. I think that’s great but I am reviewing based on the paper and the book as you receive it you order the paper version.
This is what I found in this coloring book:
25 x 2 copies each cute baby dragon inspired designs are printed on one side of the page
Paper is typical of KDP (formerly CreateSpace): white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated. The back of the page is printed black.
The designs do not merge into the binding. There is a heavy framing line at the outer edges of the design to give the project a more finished look, especially for framing.
Glue Binding (there is room to cut the pages out if you choose to do so.)
Though you cannot see the bleed-through easily due to the back of the page being printed in black, I recommend the use of a blotter page when working in this book. I use a page of card stock or several sheets of heavyweight paper under my working page. It keeps seeping ink and marring dents from ruining the pages below.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page quickly.
Water-based markers bleed through in spots.
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows on back of the page. India ink can bleed through if you apply heavily or multiple coats.
Coloring Pencils work well with this paper. I found that I could layers the same color for deeper pigment or multiple colors and I could blend easily using a blending stick though a liquid blender works even better (given the heavier black lines). I tested both oil and wax based pencils. I also found that hard lead pencils leave dents through the paper.
Here are some photo examples from the book:
This is a really cute dragon book. My other dragon books are a little too scary to share with my grandchildren. This book; however; is absolutely family friendly. The dragons are really sweet with adorable, big eyes. 
