Medicinal Plants Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book)

Because this book presents plants from all over the world, it's not necessarily my first choice for identifying local and/or native plants for medicinal use. But the pictures are accurate (as much as they can be with simple line drawings), and for those of us who use dried herbs purchased from a supplier, we can see how the plant that produces those leaves, flowers, stems, or roots actually looks. Each page includes the common name of the plant along with the scientific name and a good description of where the plant is found, what it's medicinal characteristics are, and how it is (or has been) used. There are also words of caution where necessary and appropriate, along with a solid disclaimer in the front of the book. Colored pictures appear on both sides of the covers.

All plant pictures are labeled and plant history and uses are included. Exactly what I was looking for.

I found each plants picture and identification to be so helpful in being able to find it in the wild and become more intimately educated to it's benefits to this world. Can't wait to take my time with this.

I am fond of Dover because they provide quirky and unusual books, preserving our past. The book includes 45 images of plants with information about the uses of each. This book doesn't get 5 stars because the pictures are back-to-back and the paper is thin, other than that they are fine images with a color key. For the price and the number of images I can accept the paper quality and use pencils. Please note that this isn't a "happy plants heal you" book. Remember that which can heal can also harm and so they include plants that can be poisonous (belladonna) as well as marijuana and opium poppy. But they include mostly "respectable" ;0) plants such as aloe vera, cornflower, lilly-of-the valley, etc. The table of contents provides multiple names for a single image so you can use the name with which you are familiar to find it. They also provide a disclaimer about the information on the plants--"use at your own risk." But kudos to them for preserving the record of this tradition. And that value is why I am fond of Dover Books.

Learning while coloring to relax is always good!

My 7 year old granddaughter developed an interest in plants when we figured out that plantain works great on her occasional rashes. The color pictures included that allow her to match colors when she's coloring the "coloring book" pictures helps her remember how the plants look. The descriptions provide good information on the plant and some of its uses. This is the first coloring book where she was very careful to match colors (no purple faces here) and stay in the lines, which tells me she loves this book. She's even blending crayon colors to match where needed. It would be great if there were a series of these instead of just one.

Large pictures to color.

I never understood the adult coloring book fad until now. I love that this is both practical, in giving nice specimen pictures, and relaxing, as you color them in. I’ve taken to writing the plant characteristics in the ample space around them as a way to keep the information fresh in my mind and create my own herbal materia medica. They frame well for a beautiful wall hanging.

Herbalists dream . These are better and cheaper then my local versions. Loves it .

Entretiene y relaja pero no me sirve para lo que estoy buscando. Mejor rotulador que lápiz.

Would have been good to know what images were included, there are only some that I wanted

Je viens de recevoir ce livre de coloriage que j'ai commandé pour offrir. Livraison très rapide. Le livre est à la hauteur de mes espérances, couverture conforme. Je ne pourrai pas juger de la qualité du papier vu que ce livre n'est pas pour moi, mais elle me semble pas mal.Ce que j'apprécie énormément, c'est qu'il y a à l'intérieur des pages de couverture ainsi qu'au dos du livre les dessins colorés de toutes les plantes à colorier, c'est vraiment génial d'avoir les modèles à reproduire. Les dessins sont vraiment jolis, de belle qualité, les contours noirs sont nets.Si vous aimez cette thématique, n'hésitez pas, ce livre est très beau

La gamme Dover Publications a une gamme de livre très large dont plusieurs relatifs aux dessins de plantes. J'en possède trois dont celui ci.Le livre est de format A4 avec 44 dessins de fleurs (un dessin par page). Toutes les fleurs contenus à l'intérieur sont mises en avant coloriés sur 2 pages en reprenant le même format que ce que l'on voit sur la page de courveture ce qui permet d'aider fortement dans le remplissage des couleurs.Le livre est écrit en anglais. Ce qui est intéressant est que sous chaque fleurs est inscrit sont nom latin et en anglais ainsi qu'une brève description de cette dernière (taille, lieu géographique, floraison).L'impression est de bonne qualité, le papier aussi mais je ne conseille pas l'utilisation de feutres.