Interactive and activity: drawing, colouring and painting

Book SynopsisThis bedside book gives kids and young teens a space to monitor their moods every day in a fun and rewarding way. Each night, they colour in the day's illustration and see it build over the month to create a record of their emotional state, allowing comparisons day by day, month by month, year by year for a five-year period.

Read more less

Book SynopsisSam Taplin (Author) Sam Taplin grew up in a beautiful valley in Yorkshire, where he dreamed of being a writer, and after three years reading other people's books at university he started writing his own for Usborne. He's been doing it ever since. When he's not writing about lonely rabbits or inquisitive bears, he likes doing card tricks, writing songs and playing long games of chess by the fire.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She graduated from Exeter University with a Bachelor of Education in Art and Design. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She has written all the titles in the award-winning THAT'S NOT MY series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She is the sixth biggest-selling UK children's author, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began.

Read more less

Book SynopsisWelcome to the magical and imaginative world of Notebook Doodles Unicorns! This fun and engaging coloring book for tweens is filled with 32 whimsical designs of unicorns, Pegasus heads, rainbows, flowers, and more from talented artist Jess Volinski. With empowering art activities for young girls, Jess also includes instructions on basic coloring techniques, fully colored examples, and motivational quotes to go with every design. Watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one-sided page is perforated, so when it''s finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift.

Read more less

Book SynopsisWelcome to a world of love and hugs withNotebook Doodles LOVE! This heartwarming coloring book for tweens is filled with 32 touching designs and sentiments from talented artist Jess Volinski, from X's and O's to meaningful messages. Also included are instructions on basic coloring techniques, fully colored examples, and motivational quotes to go with every design. Watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one-sided page is perforated, so when kids are finished coloring, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift.

Read more less

Book SynopsisWelcome to the amazing and adventurous world ofNotebook Doodles Wild Animals! This fun and exciting coloring book for tweens is filled with 32 whimsical designs of zebras, elephants, lions, tigers, and more from talented artist Jess Volinski. Also included are instructions on basic coloring techniques, fully colored examples, and inspirational quotes to go with every design. Watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one-sided page is perforated, so when it''s finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift.

Read more less

Book SynopsisGo on an adventure through the Amazon rainforest and get a close-up look at jaguars, poisonous frogs, gorillas, giant river otters, and other creatures in this educational and exciting coloring book for kids! Featuring 40 line art designs of animals that live in the Amazon, from sloths and anacondas to toucans, piranhas, and more. This book is the perfect outlet for kids to express their creativity while they learn all about this amazing ecosystem and its crucial role on planet earth! Interesting facts complement each illustration for children to learn about each animal and how they live from high up in the tree canopies to deep in the river waters and the rainforest itself and all its wonders for an element of fascinating fun! Also included are extra pages filled with tons of bonus stickers!

Read more less

Book SynopsisColour super cute and cuddly animal friends to life with this baby animals coloring book for children aged two to six. Colour 40 line art designs of adorable baby farm animals, from bunnies and kittens to ducklings, chicks, piglets and lambs! In this super cute colouring book children can express their creativity whilst learning about each animal and the sounds they make. Each easy-to-colour illustration is super simple for even the youngest of artists to enjoy and create something special. Cheerful and uplifting words of encouragement complement each design, adding an element of delightful optimism to the colouring experience.

Read more less

Book SynopsisRead the beginning of a story—the rest is up to you!"After many years of teaching writing, these amazing Totally Weird Activity books will captivate even the most reluctant student! Filled with a wide variety of topics and interests to get a story started, the books will ignite a passion for the craft."—Laura Baker, elementary school teacher and winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching"Super Stranger Story Starters by T.M. Murphy, illus. by Mark Penta, [is] a collection of story prompts kicking off the Totally Weird Activity Books series."—Publishers Weekly, Fall 2022 Children's Sneak PreviewsWith 22 unique prompts plus colorful illustrations, this creative writing book is ready to go in any direction you want. Each story starter prompt includes space inside to write down and explore ideas of what happens next. There is no wrong way to tell a story, so find inspiration in the artwork details, throw in plot twists, reveal secret desires, make happy endings (or not), introduce new characters. . . the possibilities are endless!Part of the Totally Weird Activity Book series created by childhood friends Mark and Ted, Super Strange Story Starters is perfect for aspiring writers, avid readers, and creative kids who have a story to tell.

Read more less

Book SynopsisAxel Scheffler's On the Farm Sticker Activity Book is a perfect first sticker book for fans of noisy farm animals! Young children will have fun completing matching games, mazes, colouring-in and much more. With over 400 stickers, they will love decorating the pages with lots of fun characters!With illustrations from Axel Scheffler, bestselling illustrator of The Gruffalo, this sticker book is filled with lots of things to do and spot, keeping little ones occupied for hours.

Read more less

Book SynopsisColor in more than 90 pages of your favorite classic Goosebumps covers, taglines, and characters in this official coloring book based on the bestselling series!This official coloring book based on the classic Goosebumps series features more than 90 images to color! Fill in portraits of your favorite creepy creatures and monsters, including Slappy the Dummy, werewolves, scarecrows, haunted masks, and more! Color in patterned pages, classic book covers, and even iconic taglines from the series.This coloring book is perfect for Goosebumps fans of all ages!

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisMindfulness is a key tool that can be used to create the gentle and accepting kind of awareness that bonds a parent and child together. This beautiful book, with affirmations for both adults and kids, will bring peace and colour into your family home. Mindfulness colouring with affirmations for kids and adults promotes positive thinking and self-belief and provides the perfect opportunity to connect with children more in the present moment.

Read more less

Book SynopsisSuitable for holidays and rainy days, the Holiday Boredom Buster will fill your days with endless fun.This book is packed with pictures to colour, doodles to complete and puzzles to solve – including mazes, spot-the-differences, search-and-finds, dot-to-dots and tricky brainteasers.So pop your pens and this book in your backpack wherever you go to fill your holiday with fun.Other titles in the series:9781780555676 Are We Nearly There Yet?9781780556055 The Backpack Activity Book9781780556062 Amazing Pen & Paper Games

Read more less

Book SynopsisEnter the wonderful world of kawaii with this super-cute colouring book, filled with Japanese-inspired designs to colour and enjoy. Featuring adorable animals, charming little monsters and super-cute food and stationery, this book is guaranteed to give you kawaii fever. Pocket-sized and portable, it's great for colouring on the go. Part of the I Heart series with a pretty foiled cover, this colouring book is the perfect gift for kawaii-lovers everywhere.Other books in the series include: 9781780553887 I Heart Cute Colouring9781780555522 I Heart Unicorns 9781780555584 I Heart Mermaids9781780556239 I Heart Narwhals9781780556444 I Heart Elves 9781780556772 I Heart Butterflies 9781780556529 I Heart Flamingos 9781780556789 I Heart Cute Unicorns

Read more less

Book SynopsisEnter the world of bees, with this buzzing collection of scenes to colour and enjoy. Packed full of friendly bees, luscious plants and flowers, honey, hives and more, children and adults alike can bring the world’s most important insect to life with colour.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFall in love with rainbows with this beautiful new addition to our I Heart Colouring series. Packed full of pretty rainbow scenes, rainbow patterns, cute animals and luscious plants and flowers all enjoying the sunshine after the storm, children and adults alike will love to bring each image to life with colour. Complete with a joyful foil cover, I Heart Rainbows is sure to brighten up anyone’s day, come rain or shine.

Read more less

Book SynopsisMeet Nova, Aliya, Liann, Paisley, Autumn, Olly, Zac and Leo, the new LEGO® Friends. Use your pens and pencils to complete the puzzles and fill each beautiful scene with your own choice of colours.LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations and the FRIENDS logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2023 The LEGO Group.

Read more less

Book SynopsisA perfect activity for older children aged 7-9 to engage them with Bible stories about Jesus. Key events and verses about Jesus life and sayings are recreated through 14 pages of colourful comic strips. These comic strips are then provided as colouring activity pages for readers to illustrate in their own way. A fun and appealing way to encourage children to become familiar and remember key phrases and moments in Jesus life. This activity books also provides an opportunity to discuss the importance of who Jesus was and what he did. Also available in this Colouring Bible Comics series is Colouring Old Testament.

Read more less

Book SynopsisA fantastically fun-filled little book great for journeys, Sunday schools, awards, or a rainy day! All the puzzles and activities are based around stories about the kings and queens in the Bible. The activities include dot-to-dot, spot the difference, colouring, match the pairs, put the story in the right order, mazes, complete the drawing, spot the deliberate mistakes. At the bottom of the page the story that the activity is from is explained, and a Bible reference included. Sometimes there is a bonus question for more puzzling fun! Pack of 5!

Read more less

Book SynopsisFollow the numbers and join the dots to complete the hidden pictures. This series is specially created in three levels of difficulty.Join the dots by counting to 20 to complete these more complex puzzles and reveal the final image to colour in. An ideal activity book for encouraging mindful play from an early age.

Read more less

Book SynopsisNovelty shaped books, with bright, colourful pictures of familiar objects are repeated as simple, large outlines for young children to copy the colours. Perfect for developing fine motor skills, and for encouraging mindful play from an early age.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisA bumper book packed with holiday fun, perfect for young children to fill with colour. Ideal for developing fine motor skills, and for encouraging mindful play from an early age.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis collection of amazing animals from all around the world is great for improving youngsters' artistic and concentration skills, captivating their interest in animals, and encouraging a love of the natural world. Each animal is named, together with where it is found in the wild.A gentle, mindful activity, colouring-in has proven positive effects on our well-being and what better way to relax than with a whole host of favourite animals!

Read more less

Book SynopsisA perfect present for all budding ballerinas and dashing dancers, the Ballet Colouring and Activity Book is packed with beautiful pictures and ballet-themed activities. Featuring fabulous costumes, perfect positions, and scenes from favourite ballets, together with spot the difference, complete-the-picture puzzles and word searches for extra play value, to captivate and inspire any young dancer''s dreams.A gentle, mindful activity, colouring-in has proven positive effects on our well-being, and is great for improving youngsters' artistic and concentration skills.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFrom the bright red and blue of Wonder Woman's costume to the rich greens and yellows of her homeland, Themyscira, the adventures of this Amazonian Super Hero are awash in colour. Filled with classic covers and stunning scenes, this action-packed colouring book contains ready-to-colour illustrations of one of DC Comics' most iconic characters. Featuring many of the greatest artists in DC Comics' history and their interpretations of Wonder Woman's memorable adventures, this incredible book offers hours of creative fun.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisMeet the zombies and all their undead friends in this new ghoulish activity book from Jason Ford. Design a zombie diner menu, learn to draw a vampire, cause chaos with scary spiders, and much more!

Read more less

Book SynopsisScratch and draw mermaid pictures are simple to complete and the results look amazing as the rainbow and foil effects are revealed by scratching away the surface of the special scratch art cards. Creative art activity fun for children age 5+.

Read more less

Book SynopsisBring ancient Greece to life with 20 brilliantly busy black-and-white scenes and patterns to colour - before sticking in fun photographic object stickers from the British Museum's collection!

Read more less

Book SynopsisExplore Ireland through your colouring pencils! With this fun variety of Irish landscapes, interesting characters and iconic places. Meet Fungi the Dolphin in Dingle and visit the Rock of Cashel. This is the perfect colouring book for children living in Ireland or visiting from abroad.

Read more less

Book SynopsisA brand new colouring book for fans ofWhere Are You, Puffling?Gorgeous black and white illustrations from the original picture book for children to colour in. A perfect gift!

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisA Million Mermaids is a colouring book designed for mermaid lovers of all ages. Its humour and adorable charm will appeal to both children and adults as they enter a magical world where mermaids collect shells and swim with dolphins and narwhals. Inside are over 30 spreads of these beautiful mythical creatures, decorated with gorgeous patterns and motifs. A new title in Lulu Mayo’s bestselling A Million series, with a stunning foiled cover.

Read more less

Book SynopsisA vibrant and fun activity book for 4–7-year-olds to help children feel calm and happy It’s OK to feel the way you feel! Help your child tune in to their feelings and feel calmer while having lots of fun with the help of this engaging activity book. Angry Monsters uses the techniques employed by child psychotherapists, including mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), to overcome difficult feelings and encourage calm. Let the Angry Monsters guide you and your child through a range of simple exercises, including: Press the magical pause button whenever you need a moment of calm Learn to let go of sad feelings with home-made bubbles Find your way to calm in the monster maze And so much more! Part of a new series for 4–7-year-olds from Vie, a thoughtful and inspiring range of activity books for children. This book has been peer reviewed by a child psychologist, and there are explainers throughout just in case your child has questions about the activities.

Read more less

Book SynopsisA vibrant and fun activity book for 4–7-year-olds to help children feel calm and happy It’s OK to feel the way you feel! Help your child tune in to their feelings and feel happier while having lots of fun with the help of this engaging activity book. Happy Monsters uses the techniques employed by child psychotherapists, including mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), to overcome difficult feelings and encourage calm. Let the Happy Monsters guide you and your child through a range of simple exercises, including: Learn calming breathing exercises Design your happy place with the help of the happy monsters Search for all the funny bones at the monsters’ party And so much more! Part of a new series for 4–7-year-olds from Vie, a thoughtful and inspiring range of activity books for children. This book has been peer reviewed by a child psychologist, and there are explainers throughout just in case your child has questions about the activities.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisInternational award-winning illustrator Donovan Bixley brings his unique style to teaching kids (and grown-ups!) to draw. In a book that spans all levels of skill, Donovan takes his readers through warm-up and imagination exercises, before moving onto mark making and inspirational shapes. Readers are then guided through the processes of drawing animals, faces and characters, ahead of working on details like perspective, shading, shadows and composition. Donovan even teaches you how to draw a unicorn. Donovan makes learning fun, the book is bursting with his sense of humour, which makes every page enjoyable to follow and easy to remember. This book is full of tips and tricks for budding artists of all levels to come back to again and again.Table of ContentsIntroduction 2 Warm-Up Exercises 6 How I Draw Simple Animals 8 Mark Making 10 Sketchbooks 12 Faces 14 How I draw A Māuisaurus 24 Creating Characters 26 Fruity Characters 28 Details 30 Character Details 32 Exercises For Your Imagination 34 Everyday Inspiration 38 How I Draw A Flying Furballs Biplane 40 Inspiration From Artists 42 Perspective 44 Roughs 50 Shading 52 Shadows 54 How I Draw A Unicorn... And More 56 Composition 58 Composition Exercise 60 Making an Illustration 62

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisCreate AMAZING rainbow and foil art with Scratch and Draw Things That Go!Includes step-by-step instructions to learn how to draw amazing vehicle pictures. Rainbow patterns and shiny foil hide beneath the black coating-use the wooden stylus to cleverly reveal them with a simple scratch and then complete the emergency vehicle story too!

Read more less

Book SynopsisJoin T. rex and her dinosaur friends in this hilarious magic water painting book! With 'find and count' items to reveal in every scene, children can count from 1 to 5 as they color in the pictures with their magic painting pen. All you have to do is unscrew the pen tip, add water, then screw back on, then your pen is ready to use.

Read more less

Book SynopsisPaint with water for search and find fun!Create awesome construction site pictures with this water painting book, then search and find the things that are hiding on each page. Simply apply water with the special pen, leave to dry, then paint your pictures and search and find again.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFrom the single beat of stained-glass wings, Butterfly emerges from his cocoon to explore a many-patterned world of climates, snakes, birds and frogs. Color your own butterfly''s journey around the world with line drawings by Anastasia Izlesou. Accompanied by poetry from Dom Conlon.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less