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MY GRADE: C
SYNOPSIS: Reminiscent of classic Swedish fairy tales, Emelie Lidehäll Öberg’s debut coloring book fills 96 pages of sweetly sleeping animals, dolls come to life, and whimsical abodes. Color teacups, cuckoo clocks, birdhouses, peacocks, and fishbowls, and more. . . .
SYNOPSIS: Reminiscent of classic Swedish fairy tales, Emelie Lidehäll Öberg’s debut coloring book fills 96 pages of sweetly sleeping animals, dolls come to life, and whimsical abodes. Color teacups, cuckoo clocks, birdhouses, peacocks, and fishbowls, and more. . . .
MY THOUGHTS: I'm not impressed with the illustrations in this at all. The faces on the females in here are ugly, with huge eyes and the faces are practically the same. I don't understand why this is called Fairy Tales. The original Swedish title is "Sagolikt", which online translators say means "fabulous", and I don't understand why it would be called that either. There are only a few images in here that look like what you read about in classic fairy tales. The paper is nice and thick but should be smoother. Sometimes the pencil didn't want to glide smoothly over certain areas. The pages aren't perforated near the spine so you cannot cleanly rip the pages out. You'll have to use a razor/box cutter (that's what I use) to cut them out. If you just pull the pages out it will rip your paper and image. There's an image on each side of the paper. I used soft core colored pencils (Prismacolor Premier, AmazonBasics, Premium Art Supply) so I don't know if gel pens or markers will bleed through.
The image on the cover is also in the book. You can see some of the images inside here, as well as the three I colored.
I received this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I received this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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