Colouring books
Fabulous colouring books for children – and adults. Choose a category to explore or scroll down for highlights.
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First colouring books
Our colouring books for little children have the backgrounds already coloured in, so children can concentrate on the fun details.
Parent's Pick: First Colouring Book Pirates
"A nice quality book, with no danger of felt tip pens showing through on the next page. A great gift for any pirate fan!"
Parent's Pick: First Colouring Book Dragons
"My 4 year old son loves colouring in and he was particularly enchanted by this book as it features dragons to colour, which you don't see very often at this age level."
Famous art to colour
Famous art to colour
This beautiful colouring book is a lovely way to discover works by famous artists including Klee, Kandinsky, Delaunay and Klimt. Produced in association with The National Gallery, each artwork is shown in full colour alongside a line drawing to colour in. Find out more...
Usborne Quicklinks
At the Usborne Quicklinks website there are links to specially selected websites where you can zoom in on the paintings featured in Famous Art to Colour, take a virtual tour of the London National Gallery, add sound effects to paintings and more.
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Patterns to colour
Beautiful and intricate designs from different periods of art history, from ancient Rome to Art Deco, with fascinating information about designs and colours. See all the Patterns to colour books.
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Mexican patterns to colour
You are never, ever too old for colouring-in. The Guardian
Clothes and fashion colouring books
These fashion colouring books are perfect introductions to different style eras for fashion lovers of all ages, and each book has internet links to websites to find out more.
