Fifty Favorite Birds Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Everyone can recognize the bright cardinal by its brilliant scarlet plumage, or the blue jay by its equally striking azure, black, and white coloration. But how many can quickly identify the bobwhite, the myrtle warbler, or the red-eyed vireo? Few of us, yet they are far from rare. Like most of the dozens of birds in this book, they may be easily and frequently spotted in or near cities and towns in most parts of the United States and Canada.Become familiar with all of these common yet beautiful species through these 46 large, lifelike drawings. Accurately rendered by artist Lisa Bonforte, these birds will quickly impress themselves on your memory as you enjoy coloring their variegated plumage. Captions provide common and scientific names as well as seasons and ranges in which the birds occur. All 50 species are also illustrated in full color on the covers.This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive series, which means that graphic artists and designers will value these drawings as a convenient source of royalty-free art.
Series: Dover Nature Coloring Book
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; Clr Csm edition (April 1, 1982)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486242617
ISBN-13: 978-0486242613
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.2 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 8 - 14 years
Grade Level: 3 - 8
I got my first dover coloring book about 30 years ago and have been hooked. I now have a collection of about 20. They are kind of hard to find in retail and when you do the selection is poor.I find coloring to be very relaxing when you are stressed. I also cannot just watch tv I like to be doing crochet or cross stitching, coloring.These books are very well done as far as the drawings are concerned. They can be very intricate. Some are made more for children but many would be hard for a child under say 10yrs old to do and feel good about.They are best done with colored pencils as you can get really good at shading and make them really pretty.I highly recommend this and many others. I do own this specific book.
I got this for the 2 adults in the house to use. Being "new" amateur bird watchers, we thought why not? We can't get it out of the hands of the several children who routinely visit the house. The pictures are very well illustrated and of birds most are somewhat familiar with. There is also a "coloring guide" for those not willing to express their artistic freedom! LOL
So relaxing I like to draw my own picture sometimes but these bird pictures were so much fun to color I use mostly the Bic set of 36 pens to color these the Bic pens do bleed through so you will lose the picture on the reverse side so I chose my favorites to color. Also I will be able to use these drawing later to create some of my own drawing using these for reference and this helped me to learn how to blend my colors and strokes. I have included some photos for you to see. I put some of my finished drawing on my kitchen cupboard doors for some temporary decoration. The only downside is the colored pictures are so small that detail is not there, so you have to use your imagination, not really a down side:)
This book was wonderful in it's detail and I truly like the fold out pages with the pictures of the birds in their true colors. I look forward to many hours with this book. Perhaps it is the kid in me, or perhaps this book is good for grownups, whichever way you feel, I liked it.
I gave each child in our Pre-K class one of these and a box of crayons at the end of the school year. They were delighted with them. Since we had spent time this spring looking at, and listening to bird calls of common birds in our area, they could easily recognize the birds .Besides reinforcing information about the birds, it will help them with hand eye coordination as they color in the pictures.A colored picture of each bird is on the inside covers.
I've searched for years for the kind of coloring books we enjoyed as children.Gave them (with crayons) as Christmas gifts to grandchildren from four to twenty-four,who immediately began to color. One comment later was how relaxing it is.Dover books are full of detail and my youngest grandkids seem to realize thatthey are special, and actually respond by surprising us with their careful, quality work.
I just purchased these Dover COloring Books for my mother and she loves them. The detail is out of this world and the variety of colors you can use are only limited by your inagination. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
4.5 Stars.I have several Dover coloring books that I have purchased for myself and my small granddaughters. All that I own thus far have nice pictures, printed on decent quality paper. However, don't use markers unless you are willing to sacrifice the picture on the opposite side. That would be my only complaint. I usually use colored pencils so this is not a deal breaker for me. I do sometimes like to use markers but for the price Dover coloring books are way worth the inconvenience of only being able to use dry color.I like that this particular book has colored pictures of each page so that you can see what each bird looks like. I am also impressed that they give a short description of each bird.
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