2020 was a year full of the unexpected, and one of the changes that occurred in my own life was my delving into making Children’s Activity Books! I wasn’t even looking for this opportunity, but I’m so glad a friend encouraged me to give it a try! With my speaking events being sidelined due to the pandemic, these books have given me a fun outlet for creativity as well as great “job” to do from home!
I have a variety of books and topics available. I give a short description of several themes below. Feel free to check them out on Amazon at their links!
Love Your Neighbor Company
The Love Your Neighbor series encourages and reminds kids that “Everyone Is My Neighbor!” The books display a variety of interests, skin tones, abilities, and themes and teach a message of kindness, love, and friendship. Each theme comes in a coloring book and also is available in 9 other interior options: handwriting paper, composition paper, sheet music, sketch paper, story paper, blank comic book paper, half blank/half wide rule, journal paper, cursive paper. You can check them out here: https://loveyourneighborco.com/shop/
Easter and Christmas – According to the Bible
These activity books contain coloring pages and some other activities such as mazes, “You Can Draw” pages, and more! And, each book contains the Bible passages pertaining to its theme! The Christmas book contains Luke 2:1-20 and Matthew 2:1-12. The Easter book contains Luke 23: 44-46 and Matthew 28:2-6.
Giant Books of Fun
These Giant Books of Fun are 200 pages of activities the whole family can enjoy! They are personalized to specific lakes or beach communities, and include coloring pages of events and activities specific to that lake or community, maps of the area to color, games such as, “Tic Tac Turtle,” “Four Buoys in a Row,” “Fill in the Blank Silly Stories,” about that specific area, “Water Drops Dots and Boxes,” and more! There are also journal pages to record memories. If you don’t see a book about a lake or community you know and love, send me a message from my contact page and I’ll consider adding it. You can check out the Giant Books of Fun on Amazon at Bass and Pike Press here:
At the Lakes Series
The At the Lake series features a variety of lake-themed coloring books. Many of these interiors are similar, but the are slightly tweaked based on the theme. You can find “At the Lake with Grandma and Grandpa,” “At the Lake with my Cousins,” “At the Lake – Sleepover Time,” “At the Lake – Fourth of July” and many more! You can find them at Bass and Pike Press on Amazon along with the Giant Books of Fun.
We Can Do This!
These books are aimed at giving encouragement and hope in the midst of difficult times. School looks different this year, but We Can Do This! These books are aimed at grades K-2 and 3-5 and they include such messages as:
- School might look different this year, but we can adapt!
- “We can adapt” means we can get used to the changes at school, and over time, they will become less strange and difficult.
- Sometimes we wear a mask at school to keep ourselves and others safe.
- We can trust our teachers to help us adapt.
- We can do our personal best!
- Sometimes we social distance to keep each other safe.
- We wash our hands at school to keep each other safe.
- Sometimes, we might have school online from our own houses. We can still do our personal best!
- Be kind. It is wrong to say or do things that make others sad.
- Be kind. It is good to care for each other’s needs.
- Be kind. It is good to treat each other how we’d like to be treated.
- Have hope! We can get through this together!
They can be found on Amazon here:
Can You Face It?
The Can You Face It series help those trying to learn vocabulary in another language.
With Can You Face It? Read, Draw, Learn books you can enjoy drawing expressions on the blank faces on each page, and then check the translation answer key in the back of the book to see if you know the correct translation!
The top right corner on the front cover of each book in this series shows what two languages are contained in that particular book.
Current books available in this series:
- English/Spanish
- Spanish/English
- French/English
- English/French
- German/English
- English/German
Years Truly
Years Truly Activity Books includes:
- 🗓Full color pages of uniquely designed graphics (ice cream cones or sweaters or rainbows, etc.) to represent each month of the year
- 🗓Black and White pages of the same graphics in outline form for your child to add colors of their own!
- 🗓Fact pages about each month which include the number of days of that month, as well as its holidays
- 🗓Places for your child to write what they like about each month and what they don’t like about each month
- 🗓Unique square paperback with crisp white paper
Educational and yet colorful and fun!
Also in the Years Truly line you can find a variety of themed coloring books great for kids ages 1-5. They include simple and cute images that preschoolers can color and enjoy!
Also, there are some unique Valentine’s Day books offered in the Years Truly line. They are themed Conversation Hearts coloring books! Kids can color the hearts and words, and then “tear and share” them with others! There’s Original (‘I like you!,’ ‘Cutie Pie,’ ‘Thanks for being my friend!’) Community Helper Edition (notes for nurses, teachers, coaches, bus drivers, farmers, police officers, etc.) Bible Verse Edition (verse about God’s love for us and our love for others!) and Basketball Team Edition.
A fun book for ages 1-5 to help with counting and coloring!
Sketchbooks
Maggie and Grace Creative
These books in the Maggie and Grace Creative Collection range from Square Coloring Books for Preschoolers, to Monogrammed Notebooks, to Holiday Activity Books, to Distance Learning Composition Notebooks, and more! Check them out here:
Organized and Creative Girl
Designed with the help of my preteen daughter, this notebook has places to draw, record recipes, make checklists and more.
Sports
With our family being involved in sports, it’s only natural I have some “sporty” books too. Check out these golf coloring books and water sports books at the links below.
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