Coloring pages, adult coloring book pages, have become the latest trends and best of all, coloring is actually useful for children. Since they are so popular between guys (and adults), here are some interesting facts about coloring books for children and their stories.
★ It is believed that The McLoughlin Brothers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLoughlin_Brothers) invented coloring pages, adult coloring book pages. They published a book called The Little Folks Painting Book in collaboration with Kate Greenway in the 1880s.
★ Coloring, adult coloring book pages, appeared in the US as part of the democratization of art, inspired by a series of lectures by the English artist Joshua Reynolds and the works of the Swiss teacher Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi with his student Friedrich Froebel.
★ One of the first psychologists who used mandala coloring, adult coloring book pages, as a relaxation technique in the early twentieth century was Karl-Gustav Jung. He prescribed mandala coloring to his patients as part of therapy.