Retrieved 30 March 2015.When Penguin Random House announced recently that it had acquired world rights to the next two adult coloring books from Johanna Basford, the so-called queen of coloring, it was just the latest sign that the demand for coloring books in the U.S.

'Beat stress and sleep better with colouring books for adults'.

'Illustrator Johanna Basford launches Lost Ocean as adult colouring book craze sweeps the world'.

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^ 'Artist Goes Outside The Lines With Coloring Books For Grown-Ups'.

'Secret Garden colouring-in book sells 3m copies in China'. 'A Colouring Book For Adults, Because Everyone Deserves To Unleash Their Inner Creative'. 'Colouring-in craze causes pencil shortages'.

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' 'Secret Garden' Colouring Book Outsells Harper Lee As Adults Seek 'Digital Detox' '.

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'Ink evangelist Johanna Basford makes it big'.

In February 2015, Basford released a second book: Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Colouring Book, and a third, Lost Ocean: An Inky Adventure and Colouring Book in October 2015. īy August 2015, Secret Garden had sold 6.8 million copies worldwide and launched the colouring trend for adults. The book is modelled after the Brodick Castle Gardens on the Isle of Arran where Basford played as a child.

The book's success is frequently cited as starting the adult coloring book trend. However they eventually relented and the first run quickly sold out.

Initially the publisher was reluctant to release such an unorthodox book. Basford was inspired by several of her clients joking with her that they would enjoy colouring in her work, which was frequently done in black and white. While the publisher originally wanted a colouring book for children, Basford proposed one for adults. īasford had been approached by Laurence King Publishing in 2011 after the publisher had seen Basford's work online. The book has 40 foreign versions and has sold over 8 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling books on Amazon. Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book is a 2013 colouring book for adults by Johanna Basford.

Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book

The secret garden coloring book