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Preview: Baby Animals: A Smithsonian Coloring Book

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Baby Animals: A Smithsonian Coloring Book

(W) Smithsonian Institution (A) Rachel Curtis
In Shops: Apr 05, 2023
SRP: $16.99

Take a tour through the animal kingdom guided by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute and meet its youngest members! In this beautifully illustrated coloring book by artist Rachel Curtis (Birds: A Smithsonian Coloring Book) wildlife fans of all ages can explore the wonder of new life with the experts from the National Zoo. Features a wide variety of animals across multiple species including: Giant Panda, Komodo Dragon, Fennec Fox, Meller’s Chameleon, Asian Elephant, Japanese Giant Salamander, Sumatran Tiger, Spider Tortoise, Screaming Hairy Armadillo… and many more! Each page not only stands alone as a work of art, but is also accompanied by brief and fascinating insights from Zoo experts, ensuring that time spent coloring is also time spent learning. This book’s deluxe ivory paper allows for a variety of artistic media like pen, pencil, or even watercolor, to ensure your creative vision comes to life just the way you want – and lasts for years to come.

Baby Animals: A Smithsonian Coloring Book

Preview: Smithsonian Coloring Book: Sea Creatures

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Smithsonian Coloring Book: Sea Creatures

(W) Rachel Curtis (A) Rachel Curtis
In Shops: Nov 24, 2021
SRP: $16.99

Voyage beneath the waves to realms of beauty and mystery-ready for you to color! The Smithsonian Institute presents an awe-inspiring new coloring book that explores the diverse biology of our underwater world.

With this meticulously illustrated coloring book, sea-faring fans of all ages can unlock wonders of the oceanic depths, interacting with the diverse terrain and species that inhabit these watery spaces.

Guided by experts from The Smithsonian and brought to life by Rachel Curtis (Birds: A Smithsonian Coloring Book), these rich pen and ink illustrations invite you to step into captivating scenes featuring the giant squid, sharks, narwhals, electric eels, manatees, turtles, rays, the record-setting Megalodon, and more. Fans of coloring books and aquatic life will find an enchanting realm to explore with their own creativity.

Each page of Sea Creatures: A Smithsonian Coloring Book not only stands alone as a work of art, but is also accompanied by brief and fascinating insights from museum experts, ensuring that time spent coloring is also time spent learning.

This book’s deluxe ivory paper allows for a variety of artistic media like pen, pencil, or even watercolor, to ensure your creative vision comes to life just the way you want-and lasts for years to come.

Smithsonian Coloring Book: Sea Creatures

Preview: Birds: Smithsonian Coloring Book

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Birds: Smithsonian Coloring Book

(W) Rachel Curtis
In Shops: May 26, 2021
SRP: $16.99

Experience a fascinating look at birds and the environments they inhabit! The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and IDW Publishing present a fascinating new coloring book that provides a beautiful and informative tour through the vibrant avian world.

With this exquisitely designed coloring book, avian lovers of all ages can explore the wonder of these feathered animals, guided by experts from The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and the artistic wizardry of Rachel Curtis (Dinosaurs: A Smithsonian Coloring Book). These lush pen and ink illustrations invite you to step into captivating scenes featuring the Cape May warbler, American avocet, Roseate spoonbill, Indigo bunting, and many more. Fans of birds, coloring books, and aviary migration will find an enchanting realm to unlock with their own creativity.

Each page of Birds: A Smithsonian Coloring Book not only stands alone as a work of art, but is also accompanied by brief and fascinating insights from the museum’s Avian experts about each bird and its world, ensuring that time spent coloring is also time spent learning.

This book’s deluxe ivory paper allows for a variety of artistic media like pen, pencil, or even watercolor, to ensure your creative vision comes to life just the way you want–and lasts for years to come.

Birds: Smithsonian Coloring Book

Preview: Smithsonian Dinosaurs Coloring Book

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Smithsonian Dinosaurs Coloring Book

(W) Rachel Curtis
In Shops: Nov 25, 2020
SRP: $16.99

Dinosaurs come to life-with your help! The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and IDW Publishing present a fascinating new coloring book that provides a beautiful and informative tour through the prehistoric world of dinosaurs.

With this exquisitely designed coloring book, dinosaur lovers of all ages can explore millions of years of animal wonders, guided by experts from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the artistic wizardry of Rachel Curtis (The Princess Bride: A Storybook to Color). These lush pen and ink illustrations invite you to step into captivating scenes featuring the herbivorous Stegosaurus, the sea-dwelling Hesperornis, the giant sauropod Camarasaurus, the mighty Tyrannosaurus, and many more. Fans of dinosaurs, coloring books, and natural history will find an enchanting world to unlock with their own creativity.

Each page of Dinosaurs: A Smithsonian Coloring Book not only stands alone as a work of art, but is also accompanied by brief and fascinating insights from the museum’s Paleontology experts about each dinosaur and its world, ensuring that time spent coloring is also time spent learning.

This book’s deluxe ivory paper allows for a variety of artistic media like pen, pencil, or even watercolor, to ensure your creative vision comes to life just the way you want lasts for years to come.

Officially licensed by the Smithsonian and developed in collaboration with experts from the National Museum of Natural History.

Smithsonian Dinosaurs Coloring Book

Airplanes Soar and Dinosaurs Roar in The Smithsonian Institution and IDW Publishing’s Enlightening New Line of Coloring Books

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Time spent coloring can also be time spent learning, thanks to two beautiful and informative coloring books presented by IDW Publishing and the Smithsonian Institution. This October, aviation and paleontology fans of all ages can look forward to a creative exploration of their favorite topics, as they color their way through Airplanes: A Smithsonian Coloring Book and Dinosaurs: A Smithsonian Coloring Book.

These books are designed to provide fascinating coloring experiences for readers. The pages stand alone as works of art and the books also contain insights from the National Air and Space Museum’s aeronautics experts and the paleontology experts from the National Museum of Natural History.  

Airplanes: A Smithsonian Coloring Book allows readers to soar through the skies with some of the most recognized and revered airplanes from the collection at the National Air and Space Museum. The thrilling artistry of John Pirtel vivifies the very first powered aircrafts of the 1900s, revolutionary bombers and jet fighters of the 20th century, supersonic passenger airliner, and many more.

Dinosaurs: A Smithsonian Coloring Book invites readers to explore millions of years of animal wonders, guided by experts from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The artistic wizardry of Rachel Curtis (The Princess Bride: A Storybook to Color) captures scenes featuring the herbivorous Stegosaurus, the sea-dwelling Hesperornis, the giant sauropod Camarasaurus, the mighty Tyrannosaurus, and many more.

The Princess Bride Returns With Another Coloring Book To Celebrate Its 30th Anniversary

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Prepare to have fun storming the castle yet again when the follow-up to last year’s breakout fantasy coloring book arrives – The Princess Bride: As You Wish: Memorable Quotes To Color.

Inconceivable as it may be, The Princess Bride is back with even more beautiful illustrations to color. Artist Rachel Curtis once again captures the spirit of one of cinema’s all-time greatest love stories featuring all the fan-favorite characters you love, plus the villains you love to hate. Unleash your creativity onto the pages of unforgettable scenes from the beloved classic.

The Princess Bride: As You Wish: Memorable Quotes to Color is an 80-page deluxe adult coloring book featuring a beautiful gold-foiled cover and upgraded paperstock. The pen and ink illustrations will transport Princess Bride fans and coloring enthusiasts alike into locations ripped straight out of the movie, allowing the colorist to select a color palette of their choosing.

The Princess Bride: As You Wish: Memorable Quotes to Color will be in stores this September.

TP • BW • $16.99 • 80 Pages • 9.8” x 9.8”• ISBN: 978-1-68405-071-0