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August 10, 2016

Today's Featured Title and Contest August 10, 2016
 

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Thursday, August 11th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of MAGICAL JUNGLE: An Inky Expedition and Coloring Book for Adults by Johanna Basford, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

You can take a look at all the books we're giving away in this year's Summer Reading contests on our Pinterest page here.

Today's Featured Book and Contest: MAGICAL JUNGLE: An Inky Expedition and Coloring Book for Adults, by Johanna Basford
From the internationally bestselling creator of LOST OCEAN comes a beautiful new adult coloring book that takes you on a wondrous expedition through the jungle.

Follow ink evangelist Johanna Basford down an inky trail through the Magical Jungle and discover a forgotten world of flora and fauna just waiting to be colored in this new coloring book for adults. Through intricate pen and ink illustrations, color-inners of all ages are invited to explore an exotic rainforest teeming with creatures large and small. Encounter speckled tree frogs and dainty hummingbirds, prowling tigers and playful monkeys. Let your imagination run wild in the leafy treetop canopy or find yourself drawn to the delicate world of sensational blossoms and tropical plants below.

Carol Fitzgerald had the pleasure of attending Johanna’s event last night at Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side of New York. Johanna shared that for MAGICAL JUNGLE, special paper was created with an ivory hue to it, which she feels will better show off the coloring. Keep in mind that at the back of the book, there is space for you to test your pencils and other drawing materials to see how they will work on the page. The last two pages of the book are perforated, which makes for easy framing after coloring. She is a prolific and swift artist; one of her projects takes 5-7 months from start to printing. She loves to interact with her readers and was happy to share that her redesigned website, JohannaBasford.com, has new ways for colorists to share their work and “like” the work of others.

 
Click here to enter the contest by Thursday, August 11th at 11:59am ET.

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