My dear co-worker Alicia discovered the “Secret Garden: an Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book” by Johanna Basford in April 2013. I saw the gorgeous pen-and-ink drawings and thought, “Oh fun, another ...

Johanna Basford's intricate hand-drawn coloring books for adults have sold nearly 1.5 million copies worldwide. Courtesy of Johanna Basford/Laurence King Adulthood seems to be having a regressive ...

When you were a kid, coloring books provided a great way to tell the creative minds in your kindergarten class from the rule-followers. It was the staying-inside-the-lines kids versus the kids who ...

Some of the hottest books this summer are selling faster than they can be printed, but no one's buying them to see words or photos. This fad is all about coloring books, reports CBS News correspondent ...

For my 23rd birthday last week, I didn’t ask clothes or jewelry: I asked for a coloring book. Turns out I’m not the only (technically) adult who’s yearning for some nostalgic meditation: Johanna ...

Penguin Random House has acquired the next two coloring books from Johanna Basford, the illustrator behind the bestsellers The Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest books, which kickstarted a bonafide ...

Fans of adult coloring books can’t get enough of Johanna Basford: Since she published her first volume in 2013, her books have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. So they’ll be excited to see ...

Four or five things I know about Johanna Basford. She pronounces the H in her first name. She loves tea, but not mayonnaise. She is not a big Mariah Carey fan, would love to design a Christmas window ...

It's a common scene in families all over the world: children taking crayons and pencils to the black-and-white illustrations of a coloring book, poring over the drawings determined to shade inside the ...

Last spring, we asked something on social media not expecting to get much of a response. We asked if you enjoyed coloring, and we received hundreds of responses - adults saying, yes, I love coloring; ...