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Amazon can be the perfect place to find toys, coloring books, and even clothes for your kids, and all at decent prices. It can also be a lawless playground, though, because Amazon isn’t the only entity selling items on the platform. There are also private sellers who aren’t worried about the content of what they are actually listing, and that seems it be what happened for one mom, Ashley, who posted a TikTok showing the inappropriate coloring book pages that came with a book she purchased that should have been appropriate for her child.
In her video, she shows the cover of the book, which is innocent enough and reminiscent of other similar “cozy” coloring books that adults and kids alike tend to enjoy. But the pages inside have nothing to do with the cover or back art of the coloring book. And, while the coloring book remained up on Amazon, the negative reviews flooded in from other upset and unsuspecting parents.
A mom shared disturbing pages of a coloring book she found on Amazon.
@kissingmyasshhh Amazon do better this is so wrong and disgusting yall should be ashame of yourselfs do disgusted by this everyone share and respost this and have amazon explain themselves !!! #fyp#amazonfinds #jeffbezos #amazon #disgusting ♬ original sound – Ashley flores💕
The cover of the coloring book shows cartoon animals in a farm truck. Even the back shows what appear to be examples of adorable coloring pages of the same characters, one with a lemonade stand and another with a popcorn stand. The cover says ‘Kawai,’ which is the misspelled version of ‘kawaii,’ a Japanese word for cute or adorable. Maybe that should have been the first clue that something wasn’t right with this coloring book. Then, there is the first page, which shows one dog mounting another. Yes, mounting. And it only gets worse from there.
The actual coloring pages feature other animals (and no, not cute ones) engaging in similar acts. There are unicorns in the throes of ecstacy, two camels getting it on, and even a pair of koala bears with very telling facial expressions.
In the caption, Ashley wrote, “Amazon do better this is so wrong and disgusting yall should be ashamed of yourselfs do disgusted by this everyone share and repost this and have amazon explain themselves!!!”
In the video, she explains that she originally wanted the coloring book for herself. It is becoming more and more common for adults to take up the hobby of relaxing coloring, but when she realized the coloring book isn’t even something she would allow her kids to see, she was pretty shook. She says in her video that Amazon needs to take down the listing for the coloring book.
Even adults probably wouldn’t use the NSFW coloring pages.
In the comments under Ashley’s video, parents shared their own outrage at the nature of the coloring pages. But other people pointed out that they don’t even understand who the coloring book is marked towards, with the outlandish scenes in each page. That’s a fair question, because what?
“Even as an adult, who df would WANT to color that??” One TikTok user commented.
“Even if this was a ‘misprint,’ this definitely shouldn’t even be a thing as a coloring book, wtf,” someone else added.
Another person commented, “why do those coloring pages exist in the first place?!?! Who wants that?????”
The listing shows the coloring book pages in plenty of one-star reviews.
@ellin_studio 🧸🎨សៀវភៅផាត់ពណ៌ចូលស្តុកថ្មី 1លាន80ម៉ូត😩🫰🏻 . . . #coloring #coloringbook #cute #kawaii #cozyvibes ♬ Cutie Love – Chococo
After Ashley posted her TikTok, the Amazon listing for the coloring book was still up. The listing says the coloring book is perfect for “kids who love cute animals and kawaii art” and “adults looking for a relaxing creative escape.” Creative is certainly one way to put it with this one. The listing also says that the coloring book includes “30 original kawaii coloring pages — each one a brand new cozy scene.” Um, about that…
The reviews are similar to Ashley’s TikTok review of the coloring book.
One user’s review said, “If you don’t take this gross book down, labeled for kids and it’s this freaky crap. Either fix your things on KDP or take it down. This should be labeled for adults and not ages 3-9, tighten up fool.”
Another wrote, “Please do not buy this for your kids. The advertisement is false and misleading. There are over 15 pages of animals displaying inappropriate behaviors that kids should not be introduced to.”
For now, the listing has not been taken down.
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