Phoenix Yard to publish colouring book series

Phoenix Yard Books has acquired the world English rights to publish a series of colouring books from Dutch publisher BBNC. The range, which will be launched in May, includes three books for adults - The One and Only Colouring Book For Adults, The Second One and Only Colouring Book For Adults and The One and Only Colouring Book for Travelling Adults – and two for children, which are entitled The One and Only Mandala Colouring Book, and The One and Only Colouring Book for Grown-up Children. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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