Books in Dover Coloring Books for Children series

Let's get moving with an exciting array of vehicles to color! Kids who are fascinated by fast-moving vehicles will be thrilled by these fun-filled, easy-to-color illustrations. Children's creativity will shift into high gear with thirty cute and cartoony drawings of cars, dump and tow trucks, a double-decker bus, trains, airplanes, a helicopter, dirigibles, and other flying and driving machines.

Escape to a sunny summer afternoon of coloring, baking, refreshing tea, and other fun doings! Get together with Molly and her friends for a garden tea party! You'll go on a scavenger hunt, draw a picture of your favorite cake, design your own teacup, and color more than two dozen whimsical illustrations. Yummy recipes for your very own tea party include cucumber sandwiches, muffins, scones, and other dainties.

Dragons have figured prominently in the legends and folk tales of countless cultures. Thirty ready-to-color images of fire-breathing mythical creatures with batlike wings, scaly skin, and a barbed tail — among them a flying dragon with three heads; Quetzalcoatl, a legendary feather-covered serpent; the Leviathan, a sea monster of enormous proportions; the African amphisbaena, a beast with heads on both ends of its body; and a real dragon, the Komodo, one of the world's largest living reptiles.

According to legend, the unicorn was a solitary creature that preferred to live in deep forests or on quiet mountains. A gentle animal that refused to hurt another living thing, it was considered a noble, holy beast, endowed with magical powers.This mythical, horse-like creature with a single horn in the middle of its forehead is featured in this beautifully illustrated coloring book. Thirty lovely illustrations show this fabulous animal carrying a young knight into battle, resting under a night sky in a field of tall grass, with the head of a lion and a scaled body in a Japanese rendering, rearing high on its hind legs before a medieval castle, posing with a beautiful maiden, as sea serpents with fins, and much more. Descriptive captions accompany these charming, ready-to-color illustrations, sure to delight colorists and anyone fascinated by the strange and enduring myth of the unicorn.

Young animal lovers will treasure this imaginative coloring book and its menagerie of wild and domestic creatures. From cats and dogs to fish, mice, lizards, cows, zebras, elephants, monkeys, and other animals, 30 illustrations feature finely detailed images with abstract and figurative backgrounds. Features perforated pages printed on one side only for easy removal and display plus a bonus "Draw Your Own" page. Amazing Animals Coloring Book and other Spark titles offer a wide variety of engaging activities that will foster creativity in children ages 6 to 10.

Here is a coloring book that can teach children over 150 basic words in the Spanish language, from árbol (tree) and ardilla (squirrel) to zanahoria (carrot) and zapatos (shoes). As children color in the pictures of a vaquero (cowboy), ventana (window), or vaca (cow), they’ll effectively build their Spanish vocabularies in a way that makes learning fun. Nina Barbaresi’s deft drawings make each of her subjects clearly recognizable. To help young artists associate each picture with the correct Spanish word — and remember it later on — the Spanish word appears next to each image, and again at the bottom of the page with its definite article and English translation.

These 16 full-page illustrations, derived from classic sources, offer realistic portrayals of the best-known and most inspiring incidents from the Savior's life: the wedding at Cana, healing the sick, the Sermon on the Mount, raising Lazarus from the dead, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and many other moving scenes. These beautifully re-created images glow like real stained glass when colored and held up to a light source.

There's more to the Ice Age than saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths! These 44 terrific illustrations showcase the diversity of animal life during the Pleistocene Epoch, better known as the Ice Age. Kids will have fun coloring while learning about flightless birds; giant lizards; ancient horses, lions, and bears; and many other creatures. Descriptive captions offer fascinating details about each animal.

Follow the numbers to color these lively pictures of adorable kitties! Young cat fanciers will fall in love with these 30 color-by-number pictures. An easy-to-follow numbered color guide appears on each page of amusing illustrations of cats sledding, swimming, celebrating birthdays, and enjoying other purrfect pastimes. Fun for home or school, this activity book will provide hours of entertainment for children ages 4 to 8.

Meet the superstars of soccer! Relive great moments in soccer history and get to know some of the sport's most famous players with this high-kicking coloring book. Thirty realistic black-and-white illustrations, accompanied by detailed captions, offer insights into the game's origins and rules. Highlights include Maradona's 1986 Goal of the Century and profiles of Beckham, Pelé, Messi, Ronaldo, and Hamm.