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Secret Garden

An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book
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Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford invites you on a creative journey through a beautifully illustrated garden. With 96 pages of detailed pen-and-ink drawings, this interactive colouring book features pictures to colour, mazes to solve, patterns to complete, and plenty of space to add your own artistic touches. Ideal for using felt tip pens or fine nib black pens, it offers a relaxing and rewarding artistic experience.
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Format: Paperback / softback
$4500

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This book is perfect for adults and older children who enjoy colouring, drawing, and interactive activity books. Fans of detailed illustration and those seeking a calming, creative pastime will find it especially appealing.

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This interactive activity book takes you on a ramble through a secret garden created in beautifully detailed pen-and-ink illustrations – all waiting to be brought to life through colouring.

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Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford is one of the world's bestselling adult colouring books, featuring 96 pages waiting to be brought to life with colour.

This interactive colouring book invites you on a journey through a garden depicted in beautifully detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. Created by Johanna Basford, the pages contain pictures to colour, mazes to solve, and patterns to complete, along with plenty of space for your own inky drawings. Add splashes of colour with felt tip pens, or use a black pen with a fine nib to craft your own doodles and details.

Johanna Basford has sold over 21 million books worldwide. Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book was her debut book and has been translated into over 44 languages.

The Guardian notes, "Colouring in isn't just for kids. These intricate, magical drawings from Secret Garden by Johanna Basford are just waiting to be brought to life."

The Independent describes the book as an "'inky treasure hunt and colouring book' filled with intricate drawings waiting to be brought to life. It's the colouring-in book you wish you had the hand-eye coordination to do, aged two."

Buzzfeed suggests, "Prepare yourself to get lost in a magical world with this interactive activity book that takes you through a secret garden of incredible drawings by Johanna Basford."

The New Yorker adds, "Colouring books for adults have been around for decades, but Basford's success has helped to create a massive new industry category."

Also available by Johanna Basford from Laurence King Publishing:

  • Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Colouring Book (9781780674872)
  • Secret Garden: Journal (9781856699853)
  • Secret Garden: 12 Notecards (9781856699471)
  • Enchanted Forest: Artist’s Edition (9781780677842)
  • Enchanted Forest: Journal (9781780679181)
  • Enchanted Forest: 12 Notecards (9781780677835)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781780671062

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Illustration: 63 black and white

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Johanna Basford

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who creates intricate and hand-drawn illustrations rooted in the flora and fauna that surrounds her home in rural Scotland.

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