# Secret Garden colouring book

> Johanna Basford's Secret Garden sold about 7.4 million copies in other languages by 2015.

- Owner: Johanna Basford; Laurence King Publishing
- Kind: Book
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2013-03-26
- Milestone date: 2015-05-18
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 30 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Shareable output, Sell-out loop, Dupe economy, Visible in use

## Summary

Laurence King published Johanna Basford's Secret Garden in March 2013. It topped a Korean bestseller list in January 2015, and celebrities and readers posted coloured pages. It was out of stock by May 2015, and 7.4 million copies had sold in other languages by December.

## Timeline

- 2013-03-26 — Laurence King Publishing (Retail) — Laurence King's US listing gives 26 March 2013 as Secret Garden's publication date.
- 2013-04-01 — Laurence King Publishing (Retail) — Laurence King's UK listing gives 1 April 2013 as its publication date.
- 2014-08-20 — Korean publisher (Retail) — KL published the Korean edition on August 20; it reached the country’s top-20 bestseller list two weeks later.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Secret Garden colouring book.” Case HIS-00974. Spread Score v1.2: 30/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00974