Real people. Real stories. Crayons required.
Coloring History books introduce kids ages 6 to 10 to one real person from the past: 18 scenes to color, each facing a short, true story page written for early readers.
The books
Set one is scientists and inventors. Each book is 40 pages, 8.5 × 11 inches, printed on one side so markers don't bleed through. $9.99 each.
Mary Anning
The Woman Who Found Dragons in Stone
Leonardo da Vinci
The Man Who Drew Tomorrow
Galileo Galilei
The Man Who Looked Up
Thomas Edison
The Man Who Lit the Night
Albert Einstein
The Man Who Asked Big Questions
George Washington Carver
The Man Who Fed the Soil
Next up in the series
Ada Lovelace
The Woman Who Wrote the First Program
Coming soon
Benjamin Franklin
The Man Who Caught Lightning
Coming soon
Isaac Newton
The Man Who Found the Rules
Coming soon
How a Coloring History book works
This is Mary Anning. She was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, a small town by the sea in England. She grew up to be one of the greatest fossil hunters ever. She found animals no one had ever seen.
Every spread is a pair: on the left, a story page of 30 to 50 words at a first-grade reading level, and on the right, a full-page picture of that moment to color. A kid can read it alone, or a grown-up can read it while they color.
The facts are checked against real biographies, and the hard parts of a life are told plainly and gently. The art keeps lines thick and shapes simple, because detail that looks nice on a screen disappears under a crayon.
Each book ends with a "What We Kept" page about what that person left behind, and a certificate the kid can sign.
Try a page for free
Every book page on this site has one printable coloring page you can download and print at home. No sign-up needed.
Who should we color next?
The next set is leaders. After that, explorers and rebels. The list isn't finished, and parents and teachers have better ideas than we do. Tell us who your kid would want to meet.