Color some iris in this coloring book from the New York State Library. Download Coloring Book
Coloring Monday
Who doesn’t love to color? A lot of people, that’s who. You or someone you know probably at least likes to color or you wouldn’t be reading this. When I first created my Let’s Color page it was meant as a sort of resource for extra activities for quarantined kids. When I first learned about the Color Our Collections project, I was super stoked. Who doesn’t love the idea of museums, libraries, and archives producing coloring sheets or books? On closer inspection, I found that, while really quite cool, few of the books contain color-able pages. To save you time (and apparently waste my own), I’ve tried to feature books that have at least one colorable page. Hopefully, some pages from other sources will be added at some point. Who can tell?
Coloring Monday: Library of Virginia
This coloring book (some pages are colorable if the quality if lacking) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. It's almost like women were finally recognized as people -- 100 years ago. Download and celebrate. Download Coloring...
Coloring Monday: University of Wisconsin
This coloring book has a lot of pages. Some are colorable, many are not, most are interesting. Check it out. Download Coloring Book
Coloring Monday: New York Society Library
The images in this book are somewhat colorable. Probably not ideal for really little kids. But, as a bonus, there is a blank page (instructions not withstanding) on which you can draw your own book cover. That's right, print a mostly blank page and draw on it. Click...
Coloring Monday: Children’s Library of Belgorod
A few of the images in this charming book are colorable. See for yourself. Download Coloring Book
Coloring Monday: University of Alabama
Download and color this book from the University of Alabama. Most of the pictures are actually fairly color-able, which is more than I can say for most of the Color Our Collections books. Download Coloring Book
Coloring Monday: Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
I had to share this book because of the super cool rhino on the cover. It's probably best for colored pencils or markers, but it's colorable. Download Coloring Book
Coloring Monday: Folger Shakespeare Library
This book isn't overly color-able, but it has really great images and I believe you can color it up. It's worth a download. Download Coloring Book
Coloring Monday: WTF Edition
In reviewing Color Our Collections coloring books and deciding which are worthy of posting, I occasionally find books that are just too bizarre to be allowed. I was going to give these (the amusing ones anyway -- well, those that are amusing to me anyway -- and let's...
Coloring Monday: Louisiana State University
LSU knows how to coloring book. There are a few supremely colorable images in this book. In addition to the bird pictured here, there's a very lovely image of butterflies and caterpillars. Download Coloring Book Doesn't look like a monster to me. Don't we all, kid. If...
Coloring Monday: Fredonia
Fredonia State University in New York may not have a handle on what makes a colorable book, but they know weird. The images in this book are some of the sketchiest coloring book images I've seen. Did they really make this for kids? Download Coloring Book How Not to...
Coloring Monday: The National Library of France
For serious...what could be sketchier than a coloring sheet of two kids standing a the top of a larynx? How about a couple of kids at the tail end (pun only slightly intended) of small intestine? Download Coloring Book Wheeee! Help! We're trapped in a...