All these new christian coloring books that are coming out would be a great way to get kids to learn bible verses rather than some of the more traditional, boring methods, IMO.

I just noticed that there are a whole bunch of new christian coloring books coming out later this year.

Generally, the text is related to the opposite side of the page it's on, vs the opposite page.  Did that make sense?   Many coloring books have some kind of quote or inspirational message on the back of each page.   I rarely both to read them because that's just not what I'm interested in.   It's just a say of not having a blank page when you have single sided/perforated pages,   I suspect that someone decided that people feel like they are getting more for their money when there is some kind of text on the back of each picture vs just a plain blank page.

4 hours ago, Curious said:

All these new christian coloring books that are coming out would be a great way to get kids to learn bible verses rather than some of the more traditional, boring methods, IMO.

 

I might  disagree. I could imagine with some controlling parents that would make coloring not enjoyable. Imagine having to repeat that stupid verse before you were allowed to fill in any gap (those things have 100s!) or before changing color.

I have 2 non christian books with the inspirational messages on the opposite page.  They a bit more clever than the above pic because they put a border to be colored on the page with the message.  Meaning I color the border and actually look at the message.  I'd ignore the bible verses in this one since it is otherwise blank.

I also have 2 books with angels that I bought because I hoped to get Mom interested.  She wasn't.  

5 hours ago, OnceUponATime said:

I might  disagree. I could imagine with some controlling parents that would make coloring not enjoyable. Imagine having to repeat that stupid verse before you were allowed to fill in any gap (those things have 100s!) or before changing color.

That's true.  I guess I was thinking of SANE people using them as a way to generate interest rather than the more boring methods of memorization that tend to be used for such things.

2 hours ago, clueliss said:

I have 2 non christian books with the inspirational messages on the opposite page.  They a bit more clever than the above pic because they put a border to be colored on the page with the message.  Meaning I color the border and actually look at the message.  I'd ignore the bible verses in this one since it is otherwise blank.

I also have 2 books with angels that I bought because I hoped to get Mom interested.  She wasn't.  

That reminds me, @clueliss  I meant to tell you this before and forgot.  I have a friend that does beautiful hand drawn celtic designs and I just found out that she has put out several coloring books.  You are the one that does the celtic/knotwork pages at work, right?

Anyway, here is a link to her books (I'm linking to her page rather than amazon because it's easier to see them all together, but she has amazon links by each book): http://www.artoffoxvox.com/celtic-coloring-books/

I have some of her non-celtic art on magnets and love them.  I've had them for probably close to 10-12 years now and I still smile when I see them on the fridge.  She's a lovely person, as well as a great artist.

ooooh lurve.