My First Mandalas--Animals (Dover Coloring Books)

I bought this book for my son when he started asking to color in MY books! I think it is great for kids who want to branch out from some of they typical character and other simple coloring books for children. It's not as detailed as the adult mandala books, so it is great for kids who are still working on staying in the lines. My only complaint is that the pages are double-sided. My son likes to use markers, and since the paper is fairly thin they bleed through, making the second side unusable. But it will work well with colored pencils or crayons.

I bought this book of simple mandalas for myself as a way to relax after the kids are in bed. It's fun and easy to color and my slightly OCD self isn't too caught up in complex patterns to enjoy myself coloring them in. The only bummer is that when I color a picture on the reverse side of a page the colors bleed on to the facing page. No big deal as these aren't meant to hang in a gallery, but a little annoying as the color transfer ruins my palate.

When I gave this to my niece for her birthday she said "It is just like the one's you do, but only for kids!" She absolutely loves it and the designs. Something a bit different from the normal coloring books of princesses that she has a lot of. She has enjoyed all of the animals, the elephants are her favorite. She is 4 and has enjoyed the challenge of this book, but it isn't above her abilities to frustrate her. Great purchase that I'll probably duplicate for a different niece who loves to color.

Great coloring book for the younger crowd who are just getting into coloring with some detail. My 5 year old uses this book to color in as she wanted something similar to the adult coloring books me and my wife use. Has good detail but not to complicated that she can't actually color the pictures. I would recommend this coloring book for younger users just getting into the coloring books and wanting something a little more detailed than the kids coloring books you can buy at brick and mortar stores.

My kid loves coloring this book and this is one of the fun things we do as a family.I'm happy that she enjoys spending time playing with a book as well as with the multitude of screens in the house. She loves animals and she loves painting/coloring. So this book speaks to both of her interests and she enjoys it thoroughly. Excellent product

Mandalas are known to have a calming effect on children. As they color the repetitive designs they learn to predict, make patterns, and how to draw various shapes and objects.As an art teacher, I use these for free time coloring and sometimes for just calming everyone down after a long day of testing or more active projects.Anyone can use an activity that is instantly successful and calms children down, right?

I bought this for my 4 1/2 year old granddaughter. Think she's a little young for it. That said - it's great quality and I have it on our shelf to try out again soon!

This one was pure fun for my 5, 7 and 8 year old grandchildren. They like finding the pictures within the pictures. The animal designs are fun. I like it too. Sometimes I don't want to take on another complicated design and like something I don't have to think about too much. The children can color these as simple or as complicate as they wish.

Best with pencil crayons or wax crayons...markers go right through pages.