Coral Reef Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book) [Paperback]

Ruth Soffer (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Dover Nature Coloring Book

Forty-four realistic drawings of parrotfish, octopus, damselfish, moray eel, sea cucumber, dolphin, medusa jellyfish, sea dragon, many more. Captions.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (July 6, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486285421
• ISBN-13: 978-0486285429
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Nature > Flowers & Plants
  • #7 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Marine Life > Nonfiction
  • #9 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Science > Nature & Ecology > General

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate, fun pictures., January 16, 2002

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This review is from: Coral Reef Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book) (Paperback)

This is a book which is accurate in its drawings, with the official names for many, if not all, the different species. I am an adult, a frustrated artist with no talent whatsoever for drawing. I have really enjoyed coloring these pictures with colored pencils. There is a lot of small detail work in some of the pictures, which I think would be difficult with crayons, but of course, all the detail doesn't need to be observed. I have loved this book and have colored 2/3 of the pictures. It is my favorite of the half dozen coloring books I bought. There are completed colored pictures of about a quarter of the drawings, which I appreciate very much, as it gives inspiration to those of us who would like to experiment with shading, etc.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative and Fun learning tool, July 14, 2007

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Edith L. Banning "Spirited Lady" (Delaware, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coral Reef Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book) (Paperback)

Adults and kids who enjoy art and/or nature will find the books in this series enjoyable. You can simply enjoy putting colors together to create your own world of creatures or flowers (depending upon which book you order) or you can do the research and create a realistic world of color and beauty complete with learning the different names for the fish and under water foliage or the flowers or the butterflies etc in other books. Whether used as a learning tool or just for creative expression adults and children alike enjoy these books. I keep a selection of these types of coloring books around around the house with a very large selection of gel pens and markers for my neices and nephews and they come over frequently to visit while we all sit down to color, nothing else, Though I wouldn't sit to color a regular coloring book, these and the geometric or mandrel design coloring books are more on an adult level and I enjoy sitting with them as we chat about what is happening in their lives as we color. I believe they open up more because the coloring alows them to avoid the intensity of one-on-one coversations about emotional things in their lives. Open a door, sit and color with your pre-teen or teen and just be available to talk. You may be surprised at what doors you are opening, beyond the creativity of a child and yourself.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful, April 10, 2007

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A. Bonfield "slvrbraid" (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coral Reef Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book) (Paperback)

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!