Random House Books for Young Readers It's Color Time! (DreamWorks Trolls)

Our family went to see the movie Trolls a few weeks ago and ever since, we've been on a Trolls kick. Our kids love their Trolls toys and books and we all love the Trolls soundtrack. Earlier this year, I joined the adult coloring book craze and, when I saw this Trolls coloring book, I knew I had to have it so it was ordered immediately!Here's some general information about the coloring book. It measures 10 inches by 10 inches and contains about 96 pages of designs (there are 48 sheets of paper but the designs are printed on both the front and back), as well as the insides of the covers. Nearly all of the designs take up both sides of the page so you end up coloring one big picture which is fun. Most of the main trolls are included in this book, including Poppy, Branch, DJ Suki, Smidge, Cooper, Creek, Satin, Chenille, Biggie, and Mr. Dinkles. There are lots of flowers, cupcakes, and rainbows. None of the Bergens are in here so it's a very happy coloring book (with the exception of Branch when he's grumpy). The pages are not perforated. The paper used is very thick and it's a good-quality coloring book. I've used both colored pencils and gel pens with this book and they work well, for the most part.I love the variety of designs and pictures to color and there aren't any duplicate pictures; just some similar designs like a couple pages with cupcakes. The pictures are printed nicely and accurately depict the pictures you'd see in the movie, books, and toys. There are plenty of designs to keep me busy for awhile and they are all happy and fun designs that make me want to sing and dance and hug! ;) Most of the designs are fairly easy for older children and adults to color and none are too intricate. The age range for this book states it's appropriate for ages four and up but my twins are almost four and nowhere near being able to color designs like this so I think it depends on the child. I think this coloring book would be best suited towards older children and adults but there are a few designs where preschoolers may be able to color them.The reason I gave this coloring book four stars is, since the designs are printed on the fronts and backs of the pages, you are able to see the outlines of the designs on the backs of the pages after you color some pages. The gel pens seem to affect this more than the colored pencils but both make the outlines show up on other pages. This shows up especially on following pages where the picture doesn't take up the whole page. This is disappointing to me since I don't want little marks on the other pages but hopefully most of them will be covered up after I color on those pages. The actual colors don't bleed through the pages but I can tell where I've colored. The spine is also bent since I colored the page directly in the middle but I'm hoping the book stays in good shape to color. If anything, it allows me a little more access to color the designs that stretch into the creases of the book since many of them do and are usually harder to color.Overall, I like this book and am having fun with it but it would've been nice if the designs were printed on one side of the page only but that's just a personal preference. I'm looking forward to coloring in it more and, if you have some glitter gel pens, this book will be even more fun to color! So far, I've only used  Sargent Art Premium Coloring Pencils, Pack of 50 Assorted Colors, 22-7251  and  Top Quality Gel Pens (Pack of 60)  with this book and they've worked well. I've got some more colored pencils ordered so I will be trying those out when I receive them! If you are, or know, a Trolls fan who likes to color, I'd recommend purchasing this coloring book; just know that the pages are double-sided and you can see where you've colored on the following pages. This book will keep me busy this winter! Sargent Art Premium Coloring Pencils, Pack of 50 Assorted Colors, 22-7251Top Quality Gel Pens (Pack of 60)

My youngest daughter loved trolls when she was a little girl and had the scattered all over her room. When I saw this new coloring book based on the DreamWorks movie, it made me think of our searches for trolls to add to her collection. I picked the book up so I could think of her and our fun together while coloring.The designs in this book are based on the characters in the new movie, so they aren't exactly the traditional trolls that I think of. I'm find with that as the characters are so cute. The designs are by artist Jan Gerardi and are nicely detailed and have lots of open area for easy of coloring, shading and blending. While they are detailed, they are not intricate or have tiny areas to color.The cover is nicely printed with deep fuchsia foil accents. You can also color the rest of cover front and back if you choose to do so. The inside of both the front and back cover are cute floral line drawings which can be colored as well.The one real issue I have with the book is that the pages are already coming apart from the binding. All it took to start the process was literally turning the pages. I don't know if my book is indicative of all or if mine is a fluke but it is bothersome because a good number of the designs spread across two pages. When I have a book with that type of design, I don't remove the pages from the book to color. I keep them together and, unfortunately, that is not going to happen with this book.While I love the designs and would give them a 5 star review, I don't love the way the book is put together. I actually rate that a 2. The average is a 3.5 but I round up as I can not give this rating here and will give it 4 for the purposes of this review.This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium. In the comments section below, I will list the coloring medium I use for tests and which I generally use for all of my projects.96 pages of Trolls Designs (including title and preface pages). Designs are based on the new DreamWorks movie rather than traditional trolls.Printed on both sides of the pagePaper is heavyweight, white, slightly rough, and non-perforatedGlue bound but pages are already detaching from the binding (issue due to printing on both sides.)Many Designs are printed across two pagesDesigns merge into the binding areaOpening this book to a fairly flat position for coloring hastens the detachment of pages. I am coloring in it with care.Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page. If you use these, you will ruin the design on the back of the page.Water-based markers, gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through the page.Colored pencils do very well with this paper. It has a nice amount of tooth and both oil and wax-based pencils perform well. I was able to get nice pigment and to layer the same color, multiple colors, and blending easily using a pencil style blending stick.In summary, I wish the binding were better. I sincerely hope that it is just an issue with my book and not a general issue with the publication. I am coloring with care and putting a tie around the book when not in use to keep the pages intact. I've never had this issue with a coloring book before and was really surprised when it started to fall apart.

I was really excited to get this coloring book, but it didn't last long. Once I started to color my picture I noticed something was wrong but couldn't quite put my finger on what it was. Finally I came to the conclusion that the pictures weren't drawn with a dark enough in or something. Its like once you color your picture. The outline of it disappears, and it looks wierd. I tried different things trying to fix what I thought the problem was by out lining with the color I was using, then ontlined in Black but my marker was to thick the outlined with a black ballpoint pin. In the end I just felt like it was a lot of effort. Just to color a picture. I have a few pictures and hopefully they will show you what I'm trying to explain. The Nickelodeon Splat coloring book is by far the best one out there. :-)

I bought this for my niece who's having a troll themed birthday party and she's gonna love it. The book is bigger than expected with lots of pages, which is great. It should last her for quite a while. The paper is fairly thick and really nice quality. There's also a nice variety of designs. There's a lot of repeat images, such as the same flowers, cupcakes, etc., but the designs differ from page to page. Some pages are very intricate and some very simple. Overall this is a nice coloring book perfect for all ages. I'm almost tempted to keep it for myself.

This has to be one of the nicest adult coloring books I have come across - the size of the actual book is a bit bigger than normal books and I LOVE that about it, not to mention the paper it is printed on is of HIGH QUALITY and makes all the difference in the world when coloring with colored pencils, i love how much fun the trolls are to color, the designs are simple and complex at the same time. .