Look, Learn & Color
Eleven first coloring books for toddlers, about fruits, vegetables, animals, vehicles, numbers, letters, colors, shapes, opposites, the body and feelings. Every page pairs one big, bold picture with one thing to learn, one way to move and just one or two crayons.
Point at a book to open its cover. Tap it to look inside.
Every book follows the same page rhythm, so a child who knows one book already knows how to use the next. Each book stands on its own, so you can start with any of them.
21 fruits, from mango to jamun
Meet one fruit at a time: look at its real colors, clap the beats in its name, then color. The pages grow from simple round shapes to curves and stripes, then groups and patterns, and end with two fruits together.
Games: Which shadow is mine? · Into the bowl! · Count with me! · Which basket?
21 real animals, from pets to the wild
Pets, farm friends, garden and sky, then wild animals. Each one looks like the real animal and comes with a true fact, its baby’s name, its sound and a way to move like it. A small sign shows how to stay safe: ask first, look and wave, or watch from far away.
Games: Peekaboo! Who’s hiding? · Find my baby! · Fly, swim or walk? · Small to big
Look, count, move and color from 1 to 10
Each number has a big numeral to color and real things to count. The pictures sit like dice for 1 to 5 and in rows of five for 6 to 10, so small groups can be seen at a glance. Then come zero, more or fewer, one more, and counting fingers, faces and farm friends.
Games: Dot match! · Hop along the number path · How many? · Join the dots 1 to 10
Letters A to Z, by name, sound and shape
Every page has a big and a small letter to trace with a finger, next to a picture that starts with it. Children say the letter’s name and sound, move, then color. The book ends with the first letter of the child’s own name, an ABC chart to sing and an “I know my letters!” certificate.
Games: Big and small letters · Find the M! · What does it start with? · Hop along the alphabet path
11 colors, one crayon at a time
Each color has a big picture to color with one crayon and more things of that color to spot: a red fire engine, a yellow chick, a blue car, all the way to a white duck. Children say the thing first and the color second, mix two colors into a new one, and eat a rainbow.
Games: Color match · Find the green things! · Color by dots · Hop along the rainbow path
9 shapes to find, trace and count
Every shape is big enough to trace with a finger, with its corners numbered for a shape-detective count, next to a real thing of that shape: a round clock, a square gift box, a triangle party hat. Children see that a triangle is still a triangle when it turns, and build a house, a train and a cat from shapes.
Games: Shape match · Shape detective · Trace the shapes · Hop along the shape path
10 body parts and 6 healthy habits
Children of many backgrounds show what bodies can do: eyes that see, ears that hear, hands that clap and feet that jump. Children point to each part, say what it does, move, then color. Then come six healthy habits, from washing hands and brushing teeth to drinking water and sleep.
Games: Peekaboo! Who’s hiding? · Which part do I use? · Morning to night · Count with me!
21 vegetables, from potato to bitter gourd
Meet vegetables that grow under the ground, in pods, as leaves and flowers, and on plants and vines. Clap the beats in each name, hear a true fact, move, then color. A small badge on each page gives a kitchen-safety tip: wash me, cook me soft, or grate me.
Games: Whose shadow is it? · Count with me! · Which part do we eat? · Small to big
16 vehicles on roads, rails, water and sky
Cars, buses and auto-rickshaws, busy helpers like the fire engine and the digger, then trains, boats and things that fly. Children say each vehicle’s sound, move like it and color. A small badge on each page gives one safety habit: buckle up, wear a helmet or hold a grown-up’s hand.
Games: Count with me! · Whose shadow is it? · Small to big · Road, rails, water or sky?
12 feelings and 4 ways to feel better
Children of many backgrounds show happy, sad, angry, scared and eight more feelings. Name the feeling, make the face, then color. The last part offers four calm-down ideas: smell the flower and blow the candle, a big hug, counting to five and asking for help.
Games: Find the same face! · Peekaboo! Who’s hiding? · Count the faces! · What could help?
15 pairs, from big and small to day and night
Every page shows two pictures side by side: a big elephant and a small mouse, a fast cheetah and a slow tortoise, a hot cup of tea and a cold ice cream. Children say the words in a big or a tiny voice, act them out, then color both pictures.
Games: Find the opposite! · Small to big · Whose shadow is it? · Day or night?
Every page follows the same four steps. The rhythm is simple enough for a two-year-old, and it gives grown-ups something to say at each step.
Point to the colored picture and name it together. It shows the real colors and shape.
Say the name, a sound or a true fact: “Woof!”, “b… b… ball”, “three red balloons”.
Clap, hop, flap or jump the number. Acting out a new word helps it stick.
Use the one or two crayons shown on the page. Every mark counts.
Below every picture, a Together idea gives grown-ups one question or game to try, such as “Is it big or small? Soft or rough?”
Watch the crayon fill a picture with its real colors, or pick a crayon and scribble on the picture. One picture from each book.
Picture
Crayon
My crayons: orange and green, as the book suggests. ★ marks them.
Each Together idea uses one of six ways of thinking from the revised Bloom’s taxonomy (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001). Across a book, children name and remember, explain, try things out, look closely, choose and check, and invent.
Remember
Point to a picture, say its name and find it again.
“Where is the mango?”
My First Fruit Book
Understand
Talk about size, feel, more and fewer, and sounds.
“Is it big or little?”
My First Fruit Book
Apply
Draw in the air, hop, count jumps and trace.
“Can you make a curvy line?”
My First Fruit Book
Analyze
Look closely at parts, lines, groups and patterns.
“Show me the leaf and the stem.”
My First Fruit Book
Evaluate
Pick an answer, then check it by counting or saying it.
“Which crayon matches the leaf?”
My First Fruit Book
Create
Invent stories, silly sentences and new creatures.
“Let’s invent a funny fruit!”
My First Fruit Book
Each book gives children many small chances to practice skills that matter between ages 2 and 5. These are the skills the pages and games are designed around. Every child moves at their own pace.
One fruit per page, from mango and guava to jamun and ber.
Every fruit name comes in claps, like man-go.
The parts move from simple shapes to curves and stripes, then groups and patterns.
Game: Which shadow is mine?
Game: Into the bowl! Straight, hill, wave and zigzag paths.
Game: Count with me! Touch each fruit, then say the last number again.
Game: Which basket? Red, yellow or green.
Together: “Is it big or little? Which crayon matches the leaf?”
Pets, farm friends, garden and sky, and wild animals.
Calf, kid, lamb, chick, duckling and foal. Game: Find my baby!
Say it and Move it on every page: woof, moo, hop and flap.
Real-looking animals and true facts, plus the “Real or pretend?” idea for grown-ups.
Game: Fly, swim or walk? Some animals can do two.
Game: Small to big.
A sign on each page: ask first, look and wave, or watch from far away.
Game: Peekaboo! Who’s hiding? Look at the ears and heads.
Touch each picture once and say one number.
Say the last number again: that’s how many!
Dice patterns for 1 to 5. Game: Dot match!
Rows of five, like a ten-frame, on the pages for 6 to 10.
Part 3: Zero, more & same.
Show it and Move it on every number page.
Game: Hop along the number path, taking turns.
Every dog gets a bone: one for each, so the groups are the same.
26 letter pages, each with a big and a small letter.
Say it: “b… b… ball”.
Hollow letters to trace with a finger, then color.
Game: What does it start with?
Page: My name starts with…
Game: Find the M!
The ABC chart and the alphabet path game.
Together: “yo-yo, go-go, slow-slow!” and silly sentences like “Six silly snakes sing!”
One color per page, on real things: a red fire engine, a yellow chick.
Every page says the thing first, then its color.
More things of each color on every page. Game: Find the green things!
Red and yellow make orange, blue and yellow make green, red and blue make purple.
Pages: Real animal colors and Eat a rainbow!
Game: Color match.
The traffic-light page and its “Red light, green light” game.
One crayon of the day on every color page.
Circle, oval, half circle, square, rectangle, triangle, star, heart and diamond.
Numbered corners on every shape page, like a shape detective.
Page: Lines make shapes. Game: Trace the shapes.
Page: Turn it around!
A clock is a circle, a door is a rectangle, a kite is a diamond.
Game: Shape detective.
A house, a train and a cat made of shapes, then my own shape picture.
Page: Big, middle and small.
Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair, hands, fingers, tummy, arms and feet.
Point to it on every page. Pointing to body parts is a milestone at 2 years.
I see with my eyes and hear with my ears. Game: Which part do I use?
Scrub with soap for about 20 seconds: hum “Happy Birthday” twice.
Morning and night, with a grown-up’s help.
Game: Morning to night.
Move it on every page.
Children of many backgrounds, with different skin, hair and clothes.
From potato and peas to okra and bitter gourd.
Clap it! on every page: to-ma-to.
Roots, leaves, flowers and seeds. Game: Which part do we eat?
Taste stars on the certificate, and tiny tastes again and again.
Game: Whose shadow is it?
Game: Count with me!
Game: Small to big.
A badge on each page: wash me, cook me soft, or grate me.
On the road, busy helpers, rails and water, and in the sky.
Say it on every page: vroom, choo-choo, nee-naw!
Fire engines, ambulances, police cars, diggers and tractors.
Game: Road, rails, water or sky?
Game: Count with me!
Game: Small to big.
Buckle up, wear a helmet, hold a grown-up’s hand.
Move it on every page.
Happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised, sleepy, shy, silly, calm, proud, loved and excited.
Eyebrows, eyes and mouths. Game: Find the same face!
Say it on every page: “I feel happy!”
Show me on every page, and the mirror game for grown-ups.
Smell the flower and blow the candle, a hug, counting to five, asking for help.
Together: “Can I have a hug?”, and it’s OK to say no.
Game: Count the faces!
Game: What could help? There is no wrong answer.
Big and small, fast and slow, hot and cold, day and night and more.
Two pictures side by side on every page.
Words about space that support early spatial thinking.
Game: Find the opposite!
Game: Small to big.
Game: Whose shadow is it?
Stretch up big, curl up small, roar loud, whisper quiet.
Game: Day or night?
| Skill | Fruits | Animals | Numbers | Alphabet | Colors | Shapes | Body | Vegetables | Vehicles | Feelings | Opposites |
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The books are made for shared play. They are not a developmental assessment and have not been clinically tested.
Every book ends with a short list of sources for grown-ups. These are the main ideas the books are built on, and where you will find each one.
Young children learned more true facts about animals from realistic picture books than from books where animals talk and wear clothes. Very young children also carry what they learn from picture books into real life more easily when the pictures look real.
Ganea et al., 2014; Ganea, Pickard & DeLoache, 2008
Preschoolers learned new words better when they acted them out with their whole body. That is why pages ask children to hop, flap, clap and jump.
Mavilidi et al., 2015
Reading together works best as a conversation: ask open questions, build on your child’s answers and take turns. These back-and-forth moments support language and the growing brain.
Whitehurst et al., 1988; Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
Good counting means one number for each thing, always in the same order, with the last number telling how many. Children also see small groups at a glance, gain from talk about bigger numbers up to ten, and grow their number sense with simple number board games.
Gelman & Gallistel, 1978; Clements, 1999; Gunderson & Levine, 2011; Siegler & Ramani, 2008
Knowing letter names and sounds is one of the best early signs of later reading. Children tend to learn the letters of their own name first, exploring letter shapes by touch helped children link letters and sounds, and pointing to print while reading builds print awareness.
National Early Literacy Panel, 2008; Treiman & Broderick, 1998; Bara et al., 2004; Justice & Ezell, 2002
Two-year-olds learned color words when they heard “This crayon is red”, but not when they heard “This is a red crayon”. Children also learn color words slowly, comparing the same color on many things. Every color page says the thing first.
Ramscar et al., 2010; Sandhofer & Smith, 1999; Wagner, Dobkins & Barner, 2013
Preschoolers learned shapes best through guided play that hunted for clues such as corners and sides, and tracing shapes as well as looking at them helped. Young children also need to see shapes turned around and stretched, not only in one position.
Fisher et al., 2013; Kalénine, Pinet & Gentaz, 2011; Clements et al., 1999
Pointing to at least two body parts when asked is one of the CDC’s milestones at 2 years. The healthy habits follow published guidance: about 20 seconds of handwashing with soap, a rice-grain smear of fluoride toothpaste under age 3, and 11 to 14 hours of sleep a day for 1- and 2-year-olds.
CDC; Clark, Keels & Slayton, 2020; Paruthi et al., 2016
Toddlers were less wary of fruits and vegetables they had seen in a picture book, and children who were offered a vegetable every day for two weeks came to like it more. Every vegetable page invites a tiny taste.
Houston-Price, Butler & Shiba, 2009; Wardle et al., 2003
Children learn new words more easily about the things that interest them, and vehicles are a favorite topic for many toddlers. Sound words like “vroom” and “choo-choo” make naming fun.
Mani & Ackermann, 2018
Preschoolers who understood feelings got along better with other children, and parents who talk about feelings and coach their children through them help children manage big emotions.
Denham et al., 2003; Gottman, Katz & Hooven, 1996
Seeing two things side by side helps young children work out what a describing word like “big” means, and children who heard and used more words about space, such as up, down, in and out, did better on spatial tasks later.
Waxman & Klibanoff, 2000; Pruden, Levine & Huttenlocher, 2011
In open-ended art, the process matters more than a perfect result. That is why every book says any marks count, and why one or two crayons are plenty.
Bongiorno, 2014
The Together ideas move from naming and remembering to explaining, trying out, looking closely, choosing and inventing, following the revised Bloom’s taxonomy.
Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001
The notes for grown-ups follow published guidance on small parts for children under 3, choking risks from whole grapes, hard raw vegetables and whole corn kernels, young children around pets, car seats and toothpaste for toddlers.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; Lumsden & Cooper, 2017; CDC; American Academy of Pediatrics; Durbin & Hoffman, 2018; Clark, Keels & Slayton, 2020
Sources in My First Fruit Book
Sources in My First Animal Book
Sources in My First Numbers
Sources in My First Alphabet
Sources in My First Colors
Sources in My First Shapes
Sources in My First Body Book
Sources in My First Vegetable Book
Sources in My First Vehicle Book
Sources in My First Feelings
Sources in My First OppositesSources inform the guidance for grown-ups and do not endorse the books.
The books work best as short moments you share. These tips come from the grown-ups pages inside the books.
One page at a time is enough. Stop while it’s still fun and come back tomorrow.
Let them choose the page, the crayon and the pace. Pointing and babbling are answers too.
Scribbles are how drawing and writing begin. And a blue banana is a great idea!
Say the words in the language you speak at home. Many pages have an “At home we say” line to write it down.
Spot the fruit or vegetable at the market, the animal or the bus outside, a number on a door or a letter on a sign.
Ask about the picture as your child colors: “What color is the mango? Where is its leaf?”
Ages 2 and up. The pictures are big and simple for two-year-olds, and the games and Together ideas keep working for children up to about 5.
Two-year-olds manage one or two colors comfortably. Fewer choices keep the focus on the picture and the talk, and each page shows which crayons match the real thing. Children are always free to choose other colors.
No. Any marks count. Scribbling is how drawing and writing begin, and the thick, bold outlines are there to help, not to judge.
Any of them. Each book stands on its own and follows the same page rhythm. Fruits, vegetables, animals, vehicles and colors are a gentle first step; shapes, numbers, letters and opposites add early math, reading and thinking words; and the body and feelings books help with everyday routines and big feelings.
The Body and Feelings books show children from many backgrounds, with different skin, hair and clothes, so every child can find someone like them. Children can color skin and hair any way they like.
The illustrations were created with AI assistance and then edited for print. Each outline was traced into clean, bold lines for coloring, and each picture shows the real colors of the thing it shows.
They are paperbacks of 8.5 × 11 inches, printed in color on white paper. Big pages leave room for big pictures and big crayons.
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