Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I would have given this book a 5 star rating because the drawings are enchanting and mesmerizing, not to mention quite addicting to color, but the quality of the paper in the book I received is horrible. I first bought this wonderful coloring book for my daughter and after I saw the pictures, I knew I had to have a copy for myself. So I went to the same provider here on Amazon and ordered a copy for myself. However, the paper quality in the book I received is inferior to the paper quality of my daughter's book. To make sure it wasn't my imagination, I asked my daughter to close her eyes and then I gave her one page to feel from my book and one page to feel from her book. Right away she told me that one book had thin, rough paper and that the other one had smooth thicker paper. When she opened her eyes she was able to see for herself that indeed the paper for my book was grainy, rough, thin, and felt cheap. Her pages are of thick smooth paper and suffer no bleed though of any sort when she uses thin-tip markers or gel pens. I'm a bit sad about this because this book was a treat for myself and I can't afford to take my chances and order a new one, with hopes that the paper will have the same quality as her book. I wish the provider would make sure that the product they are offering is uniform in quality. So I'm forced to give this edition of the book a 1 star review because I am so disappointed with the paper quality, which is the fault of the publisher. But as for the pictures themselves, Ms Hanna Karlzon has created a magical book that more than deserves a 5 star rating. After inspecting my daughter's book, I discovered that her book is the 1st printing of the US edition, which has the high quality paper. My copy is the 2d printing of the US edition, and it has the crappy paper. So unless you can be sure you will receive the 1st printing of the US edition, I would advise against ordering the book from Amazon. Go to a brick and mortar book store where you can inspect it for yourself to see if it is from the 1st printing of the US edition which has the high quality paper.