The Book of Beasts: Colour and Discover (Fantastic Beasts to Colour & Discover) Hardcover – 8 Sept. 2016

I know that this seems expensive for a colouring book but, it is a lot more than that.It is a bestiary as well as a colouring book.It is hardback so, feels like an impressive tome.The typeface and general feel of the book are quite medieval an fitting with the subject matter.The paper quality appears to be high but, due to the nature of the book, printing is on both sides of the page so, there is the possibility that if felt pens were used, they might bleed through.I haven't tried felt pens so, cannot say if the above is likely to happen to you.I used a variety of coloured pencils. The paper is rough enough to give a good purchase with the pencils while not too rough so that they don't work well.I always, when colouring put several pieces of card behind the page i am working on so that there is no bleed through or, pressure transfer as i am extremely heavy handed!This was enough to prevent pressure transfer of the black ring on the pages behind the one i was colouring.The print on the front cover is shiny and golden and again in keeping with the style of the book.One page has a full spread of a beast and the following page has a description and explanation of that beast. There is a 'faded' picture of each beast on the page with the description offering a second opportunity to colour it or, if you prefer, you can leave that one as greyscale.It is not a book that can be completed quickly. I would imagine that it will take me weeks/months to complete but, it will feel like a massive achievement and leave you with a keepsake for the future.

I didn't look too closely at the details when I ordered this book. I was expecting a basic, paperback with some pictures of beasts that hopefully looked as beautifully done inside as they do on the cover.I was pleasantly surprised to receive a hardcover book, especially for the price, and even more pleased to see that the artwork inside is beautiful and a lot of fun to colour. It's like going through an old Dungeons and Dragons bestiary, with the beasts separated into sections with well written descriptions. I haven't had this much fun colouring in a while! I use pencils, but for those that use pens, the pages seem thick and sturdy enough for them.I will be looking for more like this.

I was surprised by this book I really was, it's been on my wishlist for a while and finally brought it when I saw it on sale for £4:99. When it arrived this morning it quickly turned into my favourite purchase (I ordered 2 other books as wel), it's beautiful lovely thick pages with loads of information on mythical beasts. I can't wait to start to colour it and hopefully it will take pride of place on my bookcase to be passed down to my kids

The colouring book is perfect for teens who love to learn basic mythology and to try colour ideas for different types of creaturesThe book is also great for adults who can spend that little bit extra time to colour in the details of each pageSpent over 100 hours creating crazy monster skins and effects on their feathers and then another 100 hours just making happy little clouds and making dark wooden trees and then setting everything on fire With the Phoenix at the endPerfect book (but would have loved the hardback to be a little more sturdier and heavier to keep pages pressed together)

I love it ,every book I bought had flowers floers and floer buds there are only so many flowers you can colour this book is brilliant good quality and best of all hardly any flowers recommended. was on the verge of giving up my colouring until I found this book now I am so eager to get started

Pleasantly surprised at the quality and size of this book. Would make an excellent gift for younger family members who want to combine reading/learning with colouring. The book's cover is sturdy and shiny in places, makes it seem more expensive than it is, but would still buy it anyway.

yes an excellent colouring book, but the descriptions of the mythical creatures are rather gruesome, so going to have to save it for my grandson until he's older as he still believes in monsters under the bed.

Firstly this book is great for the lore explanations of the beasts that you find within. The reverse of each page has good descriptions and mythology for the creatures on the page prior. However the paper quality isn't great and you can't use anything other than pencil without bleeding onto the description page that also contains black and white small prints of the colouring pages. And it is that combined with some pics also being of a poor quality compared to others that leaves this book a little underwhelming. Especially given the high quality coloured lining pages and the fact that it is a hard back.