# Enchanted Forest

> Johanna Basford's Enchanted Forest colouring book sold 2.3M foreign-language copies.

- Owner: Johanna Basford (author); Laurence King Publishing
- Kind: Book
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: Feb 2015
- Milestone date: Week of May 15, 2015
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 37 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Shareable output, Sell-out loop

## Summary

Laurence King published Johanna Basford's second colouring book, Enchanted Forest, in February 2015. By April NPR called her books sellout successes and readers posted coloured pages on Instagram and Facebook. By December it was in 38 languages.

## Timeline

- Feb 2015 — Johanna Basford / Laurence King Publishing (Retail) — Enchanted Forest, Johanna Basford's second colouring book, came out in February 2015.
- 2015-02-17 — iMusic (Retail) — A retail catalogue lists 17 February 2015 as the release date for ISBN 9781780674889.
- 2015-03-02 — Laurence King Publishing (Retail) — The UK publisher's catalogue lists 2 March 2015 for ISBN 9781780674872.

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/enchanted-forest-colouring-book

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Enchanted Forest.” Case HIS-00926. Spread Score v1.2: 37/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00926