We were surprised to learn to that some of the most popular books on Amazon these days are coloring books for adults, with titles like Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book and Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book. One bills itself as Balance (Angie's Extreme Stress Menders Volume 1) . All feature mandala-like patterns and storybook imagery to color in. 'Stress menders'? Ahhh, we see why they are so popular. We remember our momentary childhood delight at Venus Paradise Paint-by-Number Coloring Sets — numbered colored pencils which you'd use to fill in the corresponding numbers on the template: et
