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Stories to Color

Illustrated stories to read together, then color scene by scene.

What are Stories to Color?

Each story on ColoryBoo comes with printable illustrations. Read a short story together, then color every scene yourself. It is a calm, screen-light way to practice listening, sequencing and storytelling, for children, parents and teachers.

Otto the little bear spreads a plain picnic blanket in a meadow and sets a basket with three apples on one corner; a thin black frame surrounds the white coloring page. Nina the bunny, with a bow on one ear, brings a large carrot to Otto; the basket sits on a corner of the blanket, inside a thin black page border. Coloring cover with a thin black border: Otto the bear, Nina the bunny, Pina the bird and Milo the mouse share a picnic on a plain blanket, with a basket beside them.

Otto and One More Place

A blanket, three apples and one more friend: Otto discovers how a small gesture can make room for everyone. A gentle read-aloud story for ages 4–5, with six easy coloring scenes.

  • 4–5 years
  • About 4 minutes
6 scenes Read the story
Nora holds her notebook while Leo crouches on the dry garden path and points at a motionless waterwheel; Mara holds flowerpots beside the stone mill and festival flags. At an outdoor worktable, Leo pours water onto a miniature waterwheel in a basin, Nora writes in an open notebook, and Mara points to an icon-only map of the garden. Coloring cover: Nora, with a bob and headband, and Leo, with curls and round glasses, hold a map beside a wooden waterwheel and stone mill, with garden caretaker Mara behind them.

Nora and the Silent Waterwheel

Why has the garden’s waterwheel stopped? Nora and Leo follow an old map, test their ideas and discover that solving a mystery takes more than a clever guess. A six-scene adventure for readers aged 8–10.

  • 8–10 years
  • About 10 minutes
6 scenes Read the story
Coloring scene: Mila the hedgehog holds a small seed in her open paw and points to it beside an empty patch of soil in a sunny meadow. Coloring scene: Mila kneels to place a seed into a small hole while Pip the rabbit holds a garden trowel, with a watering can nearby. Coloring cover: Mila the hedgehog with her dotted scarf, Pip the rabbit holding a watering can, Nino the snail and Bea the bee gathered around a tall sunflower in a sunny meadow.

Mila the Hedgehog and the Tiny Seed

Mila plants a tiny seed and hopes for a flower by morning. With a rabbit, a snail and a bee, she discovers that wonderful things need care and time. Six scenes to read and color.

  • 4–7 years
  • About 5 minutes
6 scenes Read the story
Coloring scene: Benny the little fox standing among trees, mushrooms and flowers, looking with surprise at a small smiling star lying in the grass. Coloring scene: Benny the fox holding the little star under a big oak tree while Oliver the owl sits on a branch above him. Cover illustration: Benny the little fox smiling with his paws together under a big tree with a treehouse, while a small smiling star points up at a paw-shaped constellation in the sky.

Benny the Fox and the Lost Star

A little fox finds a fallen star in the forest and sets out to help it find the way home. A sweet story about kindness and friendship, with six scenes to read and color.

  • 4–7 years
  • About 5 minutes
6 scenes Read the story