Historic Houses Of New England Coloring Book (Dover History Coloring Book) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Here’s a wonderful opportunity to learn about the splendid historic buildings that lend the New England landscape much of its fascination and charm. Noted illustrator A. G. Smith has rendered for coloring 43 extant structures (all open to the public at least part of the year) embracing a wide variety of architectural styles and historic periods.Detailed line illustrations depict these historic homes from all six New England states:Nathan Hale Homestead (Coventry, CT)Mark Twain House (Hartford, CT)Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Brunswick, ME)Winslow Homer Studio (Prouts Neck, ME)Emily Dickinson Homestead (Amherst, MA)Paul Revere House (Boston, MA)House of the Seven Gables (Salem, MA)Great Stone Dwelling (Enfield, NH)Robert Frost Place (Franconia, NH)The Breakers (Newport, RI)Gilbert Stuart Birthplace (Saunderstown, RI)Emma Willard House (Middlebury, VT)Coolidge Homestead (Plymouth Notch, VT)… and many more.For each dwelling, an informative caption accompanies the illustration, giving the background and significance of the house. The result is an educational and entertaining book that offers not only hours of coloring enjoyment but also an excellent inexpensive guidebook for the thousands of vacationers and tourists who visit the New England area each year.
Series: Dover History Coloring Book
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (February 17, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486271676
ISBN-13: 978-0486271675
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.3 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #58,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Architecture #249 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Art #287 in Books > Arts & Photography > Architecture
Age Range: 11 - 14 years
Grade Level: 6 - 8
I am currently coloring this book and greatly enjoying doing so, however, I think those considering purchasing this coloring book need to be aware it is very detailed.In order to portray the house completely on each page along with foreground, the drawings are small.A person needs a very fine-point marker or pen to do the coloring, and unless one likes small, detailed work, or has a great love for historic houses (I LOVE old houses), they might find it tedious.While I like the book, it is challenging.Definitely for adults only or possibly teenagers. It would be far too difficult for a young child.
This is a nice coloring book for most any age except for really young kids. It has great detail of beautiful homes throughout. Under each picture is a little explanation and history of the home portrayed. There are cottages, homesteads, farmhouses, and much more and the book displays houses such as The House of Seven Gables in MA, as well as many other homes that have been turned into museums. Some pictures feature beautiful garden front views of the homes and many pictures are shown from interesting views and are really fun to color and be imaginative with. The homes can also pique an interest in architecture or just a featured homes in the book as many of them can be looked up on line for further information regarding their history. Just a simple Google search for a certain home can bring up lots of information and history and show the homes throughout history.
This Dover Book is filled with interesting, highly detailed images of Historic Homes and is a sheer joy to color in. I would recommend this to all colorists especially if you enjoy detail. The bottom of each page describes the location of each Home and a little bit of it's history. I plan to order all the Dover books of various buildings.
I was raised in New England. I loved that in this book they used real New England places. It was so much fun to flip through the book, and go OMG I've been there before!!! Great book.
Just received.Quite detailed.Nice factoids included on each building.Some colored pictures on inner covers for reference.Drawings on each side of page.Too much black ink on some.Paper thin compared to other books.
This is good for a coloring book, I gave it to my 8 year old niece who said she wanted to be an architect. Not sure what ever happened with it as I never heard about it again. Not sure if she lost interest as she plays with electronic devices more now!
Got it for my daughter. She thought I had lost my mind and forgotten how old she was. A few days later (after a multi-person,multi-language , multi-interpreter conference call) she called me back to say, "Home run!"
There are pictures in either side of the coloring book! I hate that especially when the listing doesn't state that there are pictures on both sides.
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