{"id":5548,"date":"2021-08-02T10:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T05:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=5548"},"modified":"2021-08-02T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T05:14:31","slug":"coloring-book-day-illustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/02\/coloring-book-day-illustrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Red or Blue? Pick a  Pencil on Coloring Book Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Coloring Books, a History<\/h3>\n<p>The first coloring books were painting books for children. The first popular coloring book in history was the Little Folks Painting Book. It was a publisher called the McLoughlin Brothers who popularized coloring books among children. The nineteenth century opened up printing and changed the approach to education. All this influenced the rise of the coloring book as an affordable educational tool for children.<\/p>\n<p>A book called Antique Automobiles (1970) was the first adult coloring book.<\/p>\n<h3>Coloring Books in the Twenty-first Century<\/h3>\n<p>Come 2015 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johannabasford.com\/\">Johanna Basford<\/a>\u00a0revolutionized the coloring book industry, selling 21 million copies of her coloring books (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Worlds-Wonder-Colouring-Book-Curious\/dp\/1529107393\/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=worlds+of+wonder&amp;qid=1627749481&amp;sr=8-3\">Worlds of Wonder<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Enchanted-Forest-Inky-Quest-Coloring\/dp\/1780674880\/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Enchanted+Forest&amp;qid=1627749516&amp;sr=8-4\">Enchanted Forest<\/a><\/em> among others)! Watch her talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=osbqMgxJsNc\">her inky evangelism and going analog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A blogger called Jenny Fenlason even started a coloring book club!<\/p>\n<h3>Coloring books at the Pothi.com Store:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pothi.com\/book\/santiago-garcia-coloring-books-2-year-olds-princess-coloring-book\/\">Coloring Books for 2 Year Olds (Princess Coloring Book)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pothi.com\/book\/katrina-kahler-coloring-book-girls-age-8-12-inspirational-and-motivational-coloring-books-kids\/\">Coloring Book for Girls Age 8 -12: Inspirational and Motivational (Coloring Books for Kids)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pothi.com\/book\/megha-subramanian-dance-your-way-out\/\">Dance Your Way Out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pothi.com\/book\/chandralal-colombage-alice-wonderland-colouring-book\/\">Alice in Wonderland Colouring Book<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coloring Books, a History The first coloring books were painting books for children. The first popular coloring book in history was the Little Folks Painting Book. It was a publisher called the McLoughlin Brothers who popularized coloring books among children. The nineteenth century opened up printing and changed the approach to education. All this influenced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/02\/coloring-book-day-illustrations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Red or Blue? Pick a  Pencil on Coloring Book Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[220,20],"tags":[520,521],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/coloring-book-day-fb.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1ru","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5666,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/08\/discover-fabulous-books-and-read-for-children-on-international-literacy-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":5548,"position":0},"title":"Discover Fabulous Books and Read for Children on International Literacy Day","date":"September 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"International Literacy Day, first observed in 1966 and now included in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals program, was established in order to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights. 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