It is hard to walk into a grocery store, drugstore, gas station or gift shop without seeing a display of adult coloring books. The trend started a couple of years ago with Johanna Basford’s uber ...

(RNS) Their roots may be different, but the intention behind these coloring books is similar -- to provide a tool for meditation and prayer and a means for exploring one's faith and spirituality.

And though the first commercially successful adult coloring books were published in 2012 and 2013, the once-niche hobby has now grown into a full-on trend, with everyone from researchers at Johns ...

So, whether you are making or buying coloring books, it looks like doing your homework and finding a niche is the key. In this case, it means it’s time to get out your crayons and markers and ...

In the admittedly brief time that I have had this coloring book, it has filled a particular activity niche for me, which is “something to do with my hands while I watch Netflix.” ...

The coloring book craze even drove an echo boom in coloring pencils, with sales increasing by 26.4 percent in 2015 from 2014. For publishing, this trend was a godsend.

Then Sanchez wanted to become an author, so she published two books, "Pea’s Colored Day," a children’s picture book, and "Crazy Awesome Designs," a coloring book. Both were hand-illustrated ...

It is hard to walk into a grocery store, drugstore, gas station or gift shop without seeing a display of adult coloring books. The trend started a couple of years ago with Johanna Basford’s uber ...

And though the first commercially successful adult coloring books were published in 2012 and 2013, the once-niche hobby has now grown into a full-on trend, with everyone from researchers at Johns ...