Folks may think the new “Route 66 Postcard Coloring Book,” published by the folks at the Legends of America website, is tailor-made for children and nobody else.
However, coloring books for adults became a craze in the last few years. According to a report earlier this year by CNN, therapists and researchers touted the mental-health benefits of adults coloring pages for more than a decade. It’s even being suggested as an alternative to meditation. Several coloring books became best-sellers.
The “Route 66 Postcard Coloring Book” attempts to thread this marketing needle by touting it for children and adults. The back cover — which shows samples of the illustrations inside — says, “Color … Learn … Relax.”
Here’s a new Legends of America video touting the book:
The “Route 66 Postcard Coloring Book” contains 20 postcards perforated near the binding so they can be torn out easily. The other side of each card-stock postcard comes with a stamp-placement box, a description of the illustration and space for handwritten notes and mailing addresses.
Here’s a sample of one of the pages:
Illustrations include:
- A Route 66 “America’s Highway” emblem
- The Chicago skyline from Lake Michigan
- The Cozy Dog Drive-In sign in Springfield, Illinois
- A Meramec Caverns barn and billboard in Missouri
- Totem Pole Trading Post sign and the hillbilly mascot of Mule Trading Post, both of Rolla, Missouri
- Tow Tater of Galena, Kansas
- Blue Whale of Catoosa, Oklahoma
- Myrtle the big kachina doll and the big Route 66 shield of Elk City, Oklahoma
- A map of Route 66 with noted attractions
- U-Drop Inn of Shamrock, Texas
- Big Texan Steak Ranch sign of Amarillo
- Tee Pee Curios of Tucumcari, New Mexico
- A kachina doll and chile ristra in Albuquerque
- Wigwam Motel of Holbrook, Arizona
- Snow Cap Drive-In in Seligman, Arizona
- Hackberry General Store of Hackberry, Arizona
- 66 Motel sign and “Needles, California” wagon, both of Needles, California
- Roy’s of Amboy, California
- Santa Monica Pier sign and End of the Trail sign, both of Santa Monica
- A variety of signs and other landmarks along Route 66
The coloring book retails for $8.95. It may be ordered here. Christmas is right around the corner; this volume might make a good stocking-stuffer for a Route 66 aficionado.
(Images courtesy of Legends of America)
Thank you Ron.