IT'S NATIONAL COLORING BOOK DAY

National Coloring Book Day, created by Dover Publications, is "a day to relax and color." It's an occasion to have fun, reduce stress, and spend time coloring with friends or meeting new ones—maybe even by hosting a coloring party. Dover Publications began publishing coloring books in 1970. They started with Antique Automobiles, a book geared towards adults. READ MORE AT National Coloring Book Day | Holiday | Checkiday.com

CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE A VINTAGE DICK VAN DYKE COLORING BOOK.

And now...courtesy of Donald Deveau, an outstanding Flickr photo album of vintage coloring books--including a very rare 1939 coloring book for Gulliver's Travels.

There are some great examples here--generously scanned for your viewing pleasure:

Space Ghost, Flipper, Top Cat, Barbie, Tweety, The Addams Family and more--over 170 images. Click on the link http://bit.ly/2sty3HW