Cozy Japan Vol. 19

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Cozy Japan Vol. 19: Bookshops, Libraries & Reading Nooks — Bold & Easy Coloring Book

Created in Japan, by a Japanese author and a Japanese publisher — spend one cozy day in the world of Japanese books: browsing bookshops and old-book stalls in the morning, sitting among the tall quiet shelves of the library, reading in your own window seat and kotatsu corner in the afternoon, mending and marking your favorite books in the evening, and finishing one last chapter in a dream library under the moon. One whole day of reading, one page at a time!

This nineteenth volume lives entirely among books: bookshop doors and signs, towers of secondhand books, manga shelves and market stalls; library counters, return posts, book trucks and rolling ladders; armchairs, reading lamps and cushion tents; book covers, repair tools, library stamps and bookmarks — and the little library itself, saying goodnight under the stars. (Earlier volumes showed books only as a few small props inside other themes; this volume makes bookshops, libraries and reading itself the theme. Unlike heavy, detailed adult coloring books, every page here is bold and easy.)

All 100 pictures are brand new — nothing is repeated from Vol. 1 through Vol. 18. Every picture is drawn with bold, thick lines and big, simple shapes — no tiny details, no stress. Even the evening and night scenes are drawn bright on white paper, so you can color them in any colors you love. Perfect for beginners, kids, seniors, and anyone who colors to relax and unwind.

Learn Japanese while you color! Every picture shows its English name, its Japanese name, and how to pronounce it. By the last page you will know 100 book and reading words — honya, toshokan, shiori, hondana, dokusho and more — without even trying.

Find the tiny bookmark! One tiny bookmark keeps appearing all through the book — smiling at the bookshop door, resting on the reading desk, smiling in the window seat book, hiding among the repair tools, sitting on the book tree branch, smiling under the reading moon, and saying goodnight on the last page. It appears on 7 pages (pages 24, 44, 64, 76, 84, 101 and 104). Can you spot it every time?

Why this book? 100 pictures — 2.5 times the 40 pages of standard coloring books, all in one connected cozy day of reading Bold & easy: thick lines, large areas, friendly faces — plus small background motifs for a little extra coloring joy Japanese + English names on every page (a feature cozy coloring books usually don't have) Five chapters = one day among books: Bookshops & Old Book Streets / Inside the Library / Reading Nooks & Quiet Corners / Books, Bookmarks & Book Care / Night Reading & Dream Libraries Color test page included — try your pens before you start Made in Japan: written and published in Japan by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, author Aki Wakamatsu

Print your favorite pages again and again, color at your own pace, and enjoy a warm, cozy day of reading in Japan.