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Secret Village - A Coloring Book Adventure: Beyond the Garden Gate, Beneath the Forest Floor, Among the Hollow Trees - A Mystery Endures! (Purse Sized ... & Inspirational for Ages 9 to Adult) Paperback – November 18, 2015

3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 385 ratings

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The most beautiful coloring book you have ever found, the art is not like any other book!

This highly detailed collection of pen and ink drawings by Sarah Janisse Brown is unlike any other coloring book you have ever seen.

Perfect for Markers! One sided pages! Each drawing is thoughtfully hand drawn by Sarah Janisse Brown.

A teeny tiny world. Color each tiny cottage dwelling hidden in a secret garden, a mysterious forest and tucked inside the hollow trees! You will adore Secret Village!

Can you figure out who lives in each cottage? A tiny world awaits the touch of color that only you can bring.

Every page tells the wordless story of a mysterious dwelling of secret creatures that only you can imagine! You have never seen such beautiful coloring pages. This book can be yours.

Original Drawings Only by Artist Sarah Janisse Brown.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 18, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 104 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1519393997
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1519393999
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.24 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 385 ratings

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Sarah Janisse Brown
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Sarah Janisse Brown is an pen & ink artist, dyslexia specialist, world traveler, pancake flipper, potty trainer, happy wife and a homeschooling mother of ten. The Brown family started The Thinking Tree Publishing Company in 2009 and they publish outside-the-box curriculum and dyslexia therapy books. They focus on the needs of active and creative children who learn differently.

Sarah began creating unique activity books in 2008 to help her own dyslexic children to learn to read, write and spell. Her goal is to encourage creativity and help each child to develop their talents, skills and abilities. Learn more about her unique homeschooling methods in her small book "How to Homeschool".

Sarah's most popular activity books are her beautiful "Homeschooling Curriculum Journals". Moms love the books because they help the children to become more independent in their learning while using FREE library books as the core of their curriculum. Kids love the books because they are fun and interesting. The books use the Open Dyslexic font, so they are easy for all children to read, even dyslexics. The books include many right-brain activities to help children to remember without memorizing. Most activities are based on the concepts of "Delight Directed Learning" and "Organized Unschooling" - Sarah calls it Fun-Schooling. Sarah has also been able to assist over 10,000 children in overcoming reading problems through her Dyslexia Games Therapy.

As a writer, Sarah's stories have appeared in Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Above Rubies Magazine, Countryside Magazine, Mother Earth News, as well as several small newspapers. Sarah and her husband Joshua met at Calvary Chapel in Cincinnati, Ohio when they were young teens and were married under a bright blue Indiana sky seven years later. The first baby was born ten months later. He was so cute they decided to have nine more. After several years of competing in the rat race, and adding a new baby to the family every year or two, the couple decided to pack up the kids and follow their childhood dreams. So in 2012 the family opted out of the American Dream, sold everything (or gave it away, because most of it was junk that came from yard sales and thrift shops) and moved to Europe. Josh sold his computer service business and Sarah resigned from her seat on the Fortville Town Council, where she had been serving as vice president. To survive they started selling workbooks for Dyslexic children online. You can read more about Sarah's family in the book "Windows to Our World".

Joshua and Sarah are the developers of creative curriculum and therapy for children with Dyslexia, Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD. They have a heart to help children who struggle with schooling, like Sarah once did, as well as their own dyslexic daughters. Their online business - www.DyslexiaGames.com, allows them freedom to live and work anywhere on earth... with an internet connection. Recently the family appeared on the reality show House Hunters International, when they moved from Fortville, Indiana to Veneto, Italy. Back in Indiana the Browns were known for the unruly urban homestead, complete with goats and ducks, that they created in their own backyard on Main Street.

The Browns now enjoy a life full of love, adventure, sailing, serving and learning wherever they may go. The family now travels the globe together and enjoy a life of mission work, fun-schooling, and travel. They have missed many trains, planes and buses, but they never miss out on the things that matter like love and laughter! As of 2015 they are serving in Eastern Europe as missionaries.

In her free time, she fills her journals with poetry and prayers, paints murals and mindlessly says "yes" to every child that asks to keep a stray kitten.

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3.9 out of 5 stars
3.9 out of 5
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Nice but some repeats
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Nice but some repeats
Pages are thin for fineliners (marker pens). Nice intricate pics but some are a larger scale repeat of another. (They're are cropped close-ups of some repeated pictures). Pictures can be done with part pen and part pencil if you chose to color in the larger sections of the picture, so as not to make it scribble looking and waste ink. Blank pages in between each picture page and blank ones at the back of the book make it look thicker. Those pages are made for ink checks (and good for when your pen leaks through though). Every other page has a Very simple drawing to color, again making the book thicker and gives you fewer pictures to color. Otherwise, I like this book. Hope the photos help you see what you're getting.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2017
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this coloring book! It is not a speedy coloring book for sure, as all the pictures are so tiny and detailed. I would recommend sharp pencils or fineliners. I would not think that markers or watercolors would work too well, as the images are so small. I love how creative the fairy/elf houses are and yet, there is not one fairy or elf pictured n the book. It's a great way to let your mind go, drifting off thinking about what kind of creature would live in these cute little places. I bought another book by the same artist for my children to share. I fully recommend this book!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021
Pages are thin for fineliners (marker pens). Nice intricate pics but some are a larger scale repeat of another. (They're are cropped close-ups of some repeated pictures). Pictures can be done with part pen and part pencil if you chose to color in the larger sections of the picture, so as not to make it scribble looking and waste ink. Blank pages in between each picture page and blank ones at the back of the book make it look thicker. Those pages are made for ink checks (and good for when your pen leaks through though). Every other page has a Very simple drawing to color, again making the book thicker and gives you fewer pictures to color. Otherwise, I like this book. Hope the photos help you see what you're getting.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice but some repeats
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021
Pages are thin for fineliners (marker pens). Nice intricate pics but some are a larger scale repeat of another. (They're are cropped close-ups of some repeated pictures). Pictures can be done with part pen and part pencil if you chose to color in the larger sections of the picture, so as not to make it scribble looking and waste ink. Blank pages in between each picture page and blank ones at the back of the book make it look thicker. Those pages are made for ink checks (and good for when your pen leaks through though). Every other page has a Very simple drawing to color, again making the book thicker and gives you fewer pictures to color. Otherwise, I like this book. Hope the photos help you see what you're getting.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2022
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 Wasn’t sure what this book had as some reviews said it wasn’t great! I love it! Absolutely love the nature scenes! It was exactly what I was wanting and looking for. Paper is thick and of good quality!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this coloring book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2022
Wasn’t sure what this book had as some reviews said it wasn’t great! I love it! Absolutely love the nature scenes! It was exactly what I was wanting and looking for. Paper is thick and of good quality!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2016
The book has a unique concept by giving a view of the underground world. The single sided pages have a drawing of life underground (roots, rocks, dirt and little tunnels leading to rooms that any little critter or insect can use as their home) and are blank on the back. Almost all underground pics start with a tree and the underground home/world is drawn beneath the tree (not 100% but the majority) thus there are a lot of very similar pages. My granddaughter (age 5) draws "worms" to the pictures b/c the rooms look empty without something living in them. The underground pics alternate with much smaller pics of simple random objects (three flowers for example). The "con" of this unique underworld concept is figuring out what is above ground and what is below. Rocks, dirt, roots curly-cues (frequently used) can be above or below and due to the "cut away" concept of the book, it is very difficult to determine where they are located. The author could have prevented this had ONE colored example been given. I am unsure if I'll attempt another page after the first page not turning out well. Enchanted Forest has some underground but it is easy to tell what is below/above underground and the underground part of EF is not nearly as detailed or as large.

The largest con is the quality! The pages look like they were run off on an old xerox machine. The old machines left black smudges, inaccurate blurred lines, etc when making copies! A $49 printer/copier could have produced a higher quality. The quality is even worse when the pictures are enlarged from one page to create a new close-up view for a new page. Additionally the paper is poor quality. Even with a blank page in-between, the next picture shows through. The cover has a nice cover but page quality should never be compromised for a cover.

In summary, if you like nature, want unique under-ground scenes and can look past poor quality pictures and pages then this book may very well be for you. I would not give as a gift b/c of difficulty and poor quality. I do not know whether I'd recommend it to others. I wish I would have known of these issues beforehand. Hopefully the illustrator can provide some variations, an example of completed pic, some animal/insect families etc and most of all, INCREASE QUALITY. If all of those happened, the book would be a five star:)
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Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2017
I bought this because the art looks adorable and I liked that pages were printed single sided so markers wouldn't bleed through. When I opened it I was sad to find that the paper is very low quality, and the printing is even worse. Looks like the art was scanned at low resolution and then printed without cleaning it up at all. Gives me a headache looking at it. Further, I noticed that several pages have the same drawing, blown up to various sizes so they don't look identical. I don't want to color the same picture three times. Add to that the number of pages that only have a small drawing on them with a lot of white space, I'm feeling pretty ripped off.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Very amateurish production, not worth the price
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2017
I bought this because the art looks adorable and I liked that pages were printed single sided so markers wouldn't bleed through. When I opened it I was sad to find that the paper is very low quality, and the printing is even worse. Looks like the art was scanned at low resolution and then printed without cleaning it up at all. Gives me a headache looking at it. Further, I noticed that several pages have the same drawing, blown up to various sizes so they don't look identical. I don't want to color the same picture three times. Add to that the number of pages that only have a small drawing on them with a lot of white space, I'm feeling pretty ripped off.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2023
underground homes with lots of details, but not a lot of tiny items. I bought one of these used years ago and I was so happy to see on new one for sale. I ordered the full size one as well to see the difference in the books. There are a couple of two page spreads, but still doable. Have fun coloring!!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2020
The paper in this book is so thin they have printed only on one side...this makes the book seem like a decent size.
The illustrations are hit and miss...some are great and a good sizes, others are so small and lots of pages with just a few illustrations...not really impressed and will not purchase any other books from this illustrator.
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2017
If you're not familiar with Amazon printed books, this is one, yes. Printed on copier paper with the typical one-sided images (so you can use various mediums), the slightly pixelated lines, the satin cover, and the glue binding. WHY is this book so much more expensive than other Amazon printed books? I couldn't for the life of me tell you. There is nothing to indicate this is anything better or worse than other, more popular Amazon printed books like Bennett Klein's books, or Zifflin's books. So, if you buy this, you better love the images. Turns out, I do. I adore the tiny houses and little details of stoves and science equipment and bunk beds and tiny tea settings dug into the earth by little people, fairies, mice, whatever you can imagine. This book is a miniature lover's dream, especially if you don't have space in your home for a tiny scale model of Bilbo's Hobbit hole. So yes, it's expensive, and the printing it typically awful, but if you love the subject matter it's worth a buy.
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Asdo
5.0 out of 5 stars sublime
Reviewed in France on August 25, 2017
des dessins d'intérieurs de maisons secrètes qui fourmillent de détails. C'est génial. Ca change des livres de coloriages habituels. Le papier est épais et sur une seule page. Je recommande à 100%
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Daniela Moldovan
4.0 out of 5 stars Not too much diversity here
Reviewed in Germany on September 5, 2017
Nice drawings, but somewhat repetitive. I didn't know how it is inside, so I only give it 4 stars, for the slight disappointment. Colored one page in it.
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Daniela Moldovan
4.0 out of 5 stars Not too much diversity here
Reviewed in Germany on September 5, 2017
Nice drawings, but somewhat repetitive. I didn't know how it is inside, so I only give it 4 stars, for the slight disappointment. Colored one page in it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars loved the images and the paper quality
Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2017
loved the images and the paper quality... such a wonderfully unique style... wish she would do more like this and her Tiny Treasures book
Lillybell
3.0 out of 5 stars Gel pens work ok!
Reviewed in Australia on October 28, 2020
I have been putting a sheet of card paper behind each page I colour and this seems to give paper substance. Yes pages are thin but I like the pictures. I find gel pens even better than pencils as they give good colour coverage and you don't need to press down on paper. Pencils tend to stretch paper if you try to layer colour. Marker pens , I think would go straight through pages. Nice little book though!
Cristina Ramón Lorente de No
3.0 out of 5 stars Cristina
Reviewed in Spain on January 3, 2017
Las ilustraciones son preciosas, pero las páginas son muy finas, por lo que al pintar con rotuladores la tinta traspasa el papel. Algunas hojas las han dejado en blanco a propósito para evitar esto, pero realmente sería preferible que el gramaje de las hojas fuese mayor.