Books in Dover Design Coloring Books series

Children will love coloring these delightful renderings of fairies frolicking in a rich garden of beautiful flowers. As they do, they'll also learn to recognize and identify a host of familiar flowers: azalea, bluebells, columbine, daisies, foxglove, lilacs, nasturtiums, tulips, and others. Exquisitely drawn by illustrator Darcy May, the images feature a troupe of enchanting young sprites in a variety of carefree poses — snuggled among the petals of a blossom, relishing the scent of a lilac, swinging from a vine, and more. To help build and reinforce alphabet skills, each illustration incorporates the first letter of the flower's name.

This book provides a welcome departure from the more traditional coloring books available today. But beware, the designs herein may boggle your mind, and confound your eyes; they are all visual illusions. Does the cube go in or out . . . is the line straight or curved? You'll have fun deciding which while coloring them at the same time. Almost any medium can be used, crayon, watercolors, felt tip pens, tempera, for results that may be more confusing than the original.

A Far Eastern design tradition symbolizing the universe and the movement of energy, mandalas feature symmetrically arranged patterns within their intriguing centers. This beautifully rendered book invites little artists to add their choice of colors to 30 large, simple re-creations of mystical mandala designs. Within each mandala's fascinating focal point are hearts, moons, suns, insects, unicorns, geometric designs, and much more. When complete, each beguiling illustration will surely dazzle the eye of every beholder!

Explore the intricate patterns and symmetrical beauty of these ready-to-color designs! This vibrant collection of drawings was inspired by the hypnotic appeal of the mandala. An ancient form of meditative art, mandalas are complex circular designs that draw the eye inward, toward their centers. These 30 dazzling mandala designs will captivate colorists of all ages, challenging them to create kaleidoscopic effects.

A host of fire-breathing monsters with wings and clawed feet includes the benevolent dragons of the Far East and Latin America as well as the treacherous fiends of European lore. The 30 full-page illustrations to color include a Balinese spirit king, Greek temple guardian, English wyvern, and dragons from Norse, Polish, Egyptian, and other cultures.

With this delightful coloring book, you can lose yourself in a dimension of complex, intriguing patterns that will stimulate and challenge your imagination. Thirty ingeniously constructed designs consist of wonderfully intricate interlocking shapes that form eye-popping optical illusions. You'll discover endless opportunities for imaginative and inventive coloring!

Here's a great way to learn about orchestra and band instruments while you have fun coloring. It's easy with the realistic illustrations shown in this instructive and entertaining coloring book.You'll find 44 lifelike vignettes of students playing, including a double-page illustration of a full school orchestra performing in concert. Here are boys and girls playing the piccolo, bassoon, bugle, sousaphone, snare drum, xylophone, maracas, violin, string bass, and electric guitar — and even the banjo and bagpipes. These, plus 32 more popular musical instruments, grouped according to instrument type, are ready for crayons, watercolors, or magic markers.As you color these finely detailed drawings, you can read the informative captions describing the instruments and discover the important role each plays in the world of music making. Indexes of Instruments appear on the inside back cover.

Youngsters can visit the MacDonald farm as they enjoy coloring 22 large illustrations, including a barn, silo, haystacks, and, of course, Old MacDonald himself.Among other figures, they’ll find the farmer's wife and children; a friendly, frolicking dog; playful pigs; a stately rooster; a cat with her kittens; and other animals featured in the favorite childhood song.

This striking collection of 30 ready-to-color illustrations display the bold designs of Indian arts and crafts. Clearly rendered in fine detail, these royalty-free images depict a wide array of patterns taken from rugs, masks, sandpaintings, pottery, jewelry, baskets, and other artifacts created by southwestern Native Americans. Included are geometrical designs on a Navajo woven saddlebag, a Chumash rock painting of mythical creatures, a colorful Hopi kachina doll, a lovely Acoma bowl decorated with floral and animal designs, an Apache "crown headdress," and 25 other handsome motifs. A delight for coloring book fans, this expressive collection will also be useful to designers and crafts people in search of authentic Southwestern tribal art.