State Birds and Flowers Coloring Book

I got these books to tie into our homeschool’s social studies unit. I have a 4th grader and 1st grader. We look up the state’s flower on Google images, then go to the All About Birds website from Cornell and look up the state’s bird. They have high quality photos, a sample of the birds call, and videos. We then watch a video about the history of the state while they color in the page. If you don’t want to do all that, the pack cover page has full color images of the coloring pages to show what colors the birds and flowers are. The paper is nice and doesn’t show through when using colored pencils or crayons. Markers, however, will bleed through the paper. The illustrations are clear enough, yet detailed enough, to be used for all ages. My 1st grader skips the details and does large chunks of color. My 4th grader will use multiple colors to show variations in the birds. I would have eaten coloring pages like this up as a teen. A really well done coloring book at a fantastic price!

I got 7 of these books and love coloring them. You can get really creative. I don't have an artist's talent, so I enjoy creating my own color combinations, although there are colored pictures of all of them on the covers so you can follow those or come up with your own. These aren't not kids coloring books! They are more detailed, and I use colored pencils on some, fine point gel pens on others and a wide range of felt tip colors on most. I usually do these in the evening when I need to wind down and they work wonders for me. Even without artistic talent, I love my renderings. This books is so educational and while they are published for adults, they're a great gift for kids who have some advanced coloring skills. You lean the state birds and flowers so well and with very little effort, no memorization, it just soaks in as you work with these.

Great pictures. But having color pictures showing shading etc

Even though it is labeled as a children's coloring book it is a real treasure for adults that like to color realistic pictures, the start that I took out is because that since it is printed on both sides I cannot use my watercolors or watercolor pecils as the colors tend to bleed through the page. A beautiful and educational coloring book.

Christmas gift for a bird lover.

I'm a big fan of Dover coloring books. This one did not disappoint. Beautiful illustrations of birds and flowers with lots of details. You could spend many, many hours with this coloring book if you wanted to take advantage of all of the detailed coloring areas. Many days of coloring (if not weeks!) I don't know where else you get that much entertainment value for under $4! Always fun to learn a few things in the process. The paper is good quality (clean white), not cheap newsprint that so many coloring books use. There are small colored examples on the inside covers of each of the illustrations so that you can learn what each bird and flower "should" look like-so that you can get the education out of the way and then get wild with your own creativity.

It’s a great introduction to geography, Floriography, American history, etc.!

My sister is in a nursing home and she likes to color birds and flowers. She enjoyed coloring these images!

So many of these Dover coloring books are perfect for Adult or older child colouring. There was no review of this book, so I bought it on a whim. I was delighted to see colouring pages which are intricate and really appealing for an adult or older child who needs more of a colouring challenge. You can really produce some beautiful bird and flower pages here. I use colouring pencils but sometimes use felt pens just to outline. Pens can bleed through a little (despite the paper being a nice thickness) especially if dark pens but if you want to use pens or even paint, why not scan in each page, print onto card and then you can paint or use felt tips with no worry of ruining your book. There are some gorgeous birds in this book, my favourite is the Cardinal bird. What I love is that you get little thumbnails on the cover of each picture which suggests the colours you can use to get a realistic finished piece of art. Brilliant. I shall be buying many more Dover Colouring books for adult colouring fun and relaxation.

I bought this for my sister. She's 70 years old and she still loves to colour. She loved it for the clear drawings and the beautiful birds and flowers.

livret anglophone agrafé souple grand format ancien (1990) présentant les 50+1 oiseaux et fleurs nationaux américains en n&b prêts à être coloriés; chaque espèce est représentée sur une page, plus rarement une double page; en bas de page, les noms en anglais et en latin des espèces; les images en couleur servant de modèles sont sur les pages de garde; ce livre de coloriage non exhaustif mais bien fait et sérieux sera parfait pour l'initiation à l'ornithologie et à la botanique d'enfants de plus de sept ans suffisemment soigneux et patients pour s'appliquer; je dois reconnaître avoir été favorablement surpris par la qualité de cette publication, ayant été échaudé par plusieurs tentatives précédentes, et je dois dire que j'ai enfin trouvé ce que je cherchais et j'envisage d'acquérir d'autres ouvrages de la même série (taper sur le moteur de recherche d'amazon: Dover birds coloring book); je pense qu'il vaut mieux préférer les ouvrages neufs même s'ils sont légèrement plus chers pour éviter le risque de se retrouver avec un exemplaire crayonné!

un trés beau livre;50 planches,a chaque fois un oiseau et une plante floral d'une région d'amérique(classé par ordre alphabétique)avec un petit texte(simple) explicatif...et en bonus,les planches sur 3 pages sont mise en couleur(donc petite taille)! les dessin sont de qualité,mais facile a reproduire. j'adore cette collection de livre;selui ci étant un des mieux réussit!pour passionés,professionnel comme amateur...

I wanted this book to use to sketch and paint in watercolor. Birds and flowers look so great together that I just had to buy this book. I am delighted at the fine details of the picture inside...they make my watercolor paintings spring to life. And the images are copyright free. Fantastic book, great for all bird lovers.