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What’s Behind the Popularity of Coloring Books for Adults?

Let’s, for a moment, slip back into those childhood years. Maybe your toy of choice was Legos or a train set. Now, as an adult would you consider pulling out that train set at the end of a work day to maybe unwind, or does that seem ludicrous? And yet, so many people are doing […]

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Let’s, for a moment, slip back into those childhood years. Maybe your toy of choice was Legos or a train set. Now, as an adult would you consider pulling out that train set at the end of a work day to maybe unwind, or does that seem ludicrous? And yet, so many people are doing just that with adult coloring books.

Houston Matters producer Edel Howlin explains how coloring is surging in popularity with a new age group.

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Let’s Color. Coloring Books for Adults Still Trending (Houston Chronicle, July 3, 2015)