In keeping with the worldwide adult coloring book craze, this latest offering from Wendy Piersall features quotes and images from the dream world.

Piersall’s previous books featuring mandalas focused on animal mandalas and flower mandalas. I like this one the best. The images are more fantastical, and I think offer even more stimulation for the imagination.

A mandala (Sanskrit for circle) is, as mentioned in previous reviews, a symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism that represents the universe. Mandalas are employed for meditation, by focusing one’s total attention on the mandala (as opposed to say, one’s to-do list of chores). Many people believe that creating (or by extension, coloring) mandalas helps stabilize, integrate, and re-order one’s inner life.

Coloring Dream Mandalas is a collection of thirty hand-drawn outlines of beautiful images, including dragons, castles, fairies, butterflies and of course, dream catchers.

The designs are just intricate enough to put you into a “zone” of mindful/mindlessness.

Evaluation: This book would make a great present for yourself or others! Throw some colored pencils or markers into the gift box! ( )