My dear co-worker Alicia discovered the "Secret Garden: an Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book" by Johanna Basford in April 2013. I saw the gorgeous pen-and-ink drawings and thought, "Oh fun, another ...

Johanna Basford's intricate hand-drawn coloring books for adults have sold nearly 1.5 million copies worldwide. Courtesy of Johanna Basford/Laurence King Adulthood seems to be having a regressive ...

Some of the hottest books this summer are selling faster than they can be printed, but no one's buying them to see words or photos. This fad is all about coloring books, reports CBS News correspondent ...

Fans of adult coloring books can’t get enough of Johanna Basford: Since she published her first volume in 2013, her books have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. So they’ll be excited to see ...

When you were a kid, coloring books provided a great way to tell the creative minds in your kindergarten class from the rule-followers. It was the staying-inside-the-lines kids versus the kids who ...

It's a common scene in families all over the world: children taking crayons and pencils to the black-and-white illustrations of a coloring book, poring over the drawings determined to shade inside the ...

Not far from Johanna Basford’s home on the northeast coast of Scotland lies a parabola of golden-ocher sand where the proportion of sky to land is unlike anything you’ll likely see outside of a ...

For my 23rd birthday last week, I didn’t ask clothes or jewelry: I asked for a coloring book. Turns out I’m not the only (technically) adult who’s yearning for some nostalgic meditation: Johanna ...

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