# Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom

> A colouring book sold 318,987 US print copies in 2015 at BookScan-reporting outlets.

- Owner: Millie Marotta / Batsford Books
- Kind: Book
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2014-08-14
- Peak date: Apr 2015
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 17 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Shareable output, Remixable template, Creator relay, Platform jump, Press loop

## Summary

Batsford released Animal Kingdom in 2014. Readers posted their coloured pages and described discovering colouring through Facebook. The book entered international bestseller charts; its publisher later claimed worldwide sales above five million.

## Timeline

- 2014-08-14 — Batsford Books (Retail) — Batsford published the original Animal Kingdom paperback.
- Apr 2015 — Google News search sample (Press) — April led the dated press-search sample with three of its nine returned articles.
- 2015-05-15 — Publishers Weekly (Press) — PW relayed Sterling’s claim of over one million worldwide sales of Animal Kingdom.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/millie-marottas-animal-kingdom

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom.” Case HIS-00955. Spread Score v1.2: 17/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00955