Title: Kings, Queens & Palaces Colouring Book
Author: Historic Royal Palaces
Publisher: Walker Books
Genre: Children’s colouring
Book format: Paperback
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Description: Published in association with Historic Royal Palaces, this fun-filled activity book with beautiful illustrations to colour features kings, queens and palace people from some of the finest heritage sites of the British Isles. From William the Conqueror and the Tower of London to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Buckingham Palace you can colour and learn with fun facts and information about the history of the royals, where they live and where they work.
*Free copy provided by publisher for review…
Review: This is a lovely colouring book for kids although some adults might enjoy some parts of this too. The book is a little smaller than A4 and not too thick but still has a lot of colouring inside it considering the price. As the name of the book suggests this is filled with images of palaces, Kings and Queens but also features extras such as the crown jewels and pictures of various other royal things. Each page is crisp white with clear black outlines and many of the pages are double page spreads. Each paper is double sided and although the quality of the paper is good it is a little thinner than some colouring books (such as the Buster Activity Books range) so I’d only advise using pencils in this as I think pens of all kinds would just bleed through. I use pencils and they just glide on the paper making colouring in this book very easy and fun.
There are a lot of different images to colour in and each page and picture has various facts surrounding it, interesting facts I didn’t know. The pictures are mostly of palaces such as Hampton Court, Windsor Castle and Kew but also feature other things and I really like the doll’s house which is quite detailed! The pictures all look impressive and some of them are quite detailed too. I’m really amazed at how the current Royal Family look in some of the pictures, their faces are exactly like real life down to some creases and wrinkles. Some of the images look like they’ve been adapted/copied from real photographs which I suspect they may have been. Some of the palaces are more detailed than others in terms of colouring and plenty of the pictures have some additional white space which I like to use to doodle extras such as some birds.
What I love about this book is that it’s not like any other I’ve had before. I have the Kings & Queens to Colour book by Usborne but this one is very different with realistic yet fun images of everything. It’s simple enough for kids to enjoy but detailed enough for older ages to enjoy colouring in too. There are chances for you to doodle on certain pages that have blank spaces (if you feel like it) and the added fun facts about the palaces and royals just adds to why I like this book so much. The pages also open up fully and can be laid completely flat, so there are no issues with colouring into the spine. I just really like this book and can’t wait for another like it featuring more royal pictures and facts!
-Review first appeared online June 2017 – now republished here.
Do you like colouring books? What do you think about this book and the added facts it gives? Let me know what you think in the comments below 🙂
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