Magical Worlds: An Enchanted Coloring Adventure Paperback – Coloring Book, October 22, 2024

Super cute book with just enough detail and nice thick paper. VERY happy with this one!Update: I have since purchased 3 more of her books! I have fallen in love with these adorable illustrations and the joy of coloring such beautiful, unusual pictures! I think I own 5 now, including her Christmas book. I highly recommend these fun, interesting books! So off the chart from your usual mandalas, etc. I am about to buy one for my sister to get her addicted as well!!

The pages are thick and the pictures are beautiful. This brand never disappoints me. I love to use markers and the thick paper prevents bleeding.

Johanna Basford’s Magical Worlds is pure enchantment on paper! Every page is a beautifully detailed doorway into a dreamlike universe—castles in the clouds, secret gardens, underwater realms, and cozy fairy-tale villages. Her signature style shines through with intricate linework that’s both relaxing to color and bursting with creative possibilities.What I love most is how imaginative this book feels. It’s not just about filling in lines—it’s like taking a quiet adventure through hidden worlds. The paper quality is great too, holding up well to colored pencils, gel pens, and even light watercolor without bleeding.If you’re into coloring as a form of self-care, stress relief, or just love fantasy vibes, this book is an absolute must-have. It’s magical in every sense of the word!

Beautiful artistry! Nice pictures and lots of small, detailed spaces to color. Best for color pencil.

I bought this for a gift and then I bought one for myself. I don't do much coloring but I used to love it. It reminds me of my late mother who was very artistically talented. This is a beautiful book with outstanding designs of whimsy which could appeal to a large audience.

I love the coloring book from Johanna Basford ! They are very easy to color and have f great pictures

For the most part, I think this new book is cute and lovely. I love the dragons, the wizardish stuff, and the pumpkin house. The underwater scenic items, cute castles and houses, some space stuff, a flying boat, and two Rita Berman-esque style circular building pages. Nice little vignettes abound. Lots to love. However, there also quite a few adult coloring clichés here: a tortoise with stuff on its back? Really? Why? I am so incredibly tired of turtles carrying stuff on their shells (or stuff growing out of their shells). We don't need any more tortises as moving vans. A swan, two pegasus facing each other, and a sloth hanging from something. Beetles, snails, and moths (moths, and more moths) overkill. I don't understand the obsession with insects popularity with artists that drive the adult coloring trend buses. And, even more food obsession--especially sweets. I live on a fixed income, and have food allergies, so the food obsessiveness is annoying. What's with all the buildings with the onion shaped domes? Is Johanna obsessed with Russia, Arabia, and India? While I love the variety of animals and birds that are included, I wish they weren't so entangled with patterns. Again, there's lots to love here, but at the same time, there's not much that's "fresh" here in concept. However, overall, I'm glad I ordered it. Johanna has already said that the release slated for next year is going to largely botanical. I'm not really a fan of just coloring flora. As a result, I may skip the next one. I'd actually like to see someone publish anti-floral themed books, because florals seem to overwhelm adult coloring books. Time will tell, as Johanna reveals more teasers. If I do decide to skip it, World of Wonders, 30 days of Creativity, Small Victories, and Rooms of Wonder all have things that aren't as floral. And, I also have most of the rest of her back catalog. I don't pressure myself into coloring what doesn't interest me. So I'm not part of the crowd that it's absolutely important to completely finish books.

I’m usually picky with what I like to color but I’ve actually finished a lot of pages in this book and will definitely be ordering more from Johanna!