The Wonderful World of Coloring Books

Have you thought of buying a coloring book lately? I think it's safe to say, you probably haven't. However, you might want to reconsider. During a cursory trip to a Boise bookstore, I discovered nothing less than The Microbiology Coloring Book.

The illustrations in the book should be very familiar to all of us. This is one book in a series that includes the Biology and Zoology Coloring Books, from which we received those sheets on the frog, DNA, worm, etc. that we worked on in Biology. Each picture is accompanied by a text with basic coloring directions (like where to start) as well as information that explains the illustrations.

So far, I have found this book to be an excellent way to learn. If you take time to carefully color the images, then read the text, you will be able to recall the diagram and thus the information. You should give any of the books in the series (Microbiology, Biology, Zoology, Anatomy, Human Brain, Marine Biology, Human Evolution, and Botany Coloring Book) a look. It's a pretty fun way to further your scientific knowledge over the summer.