Genre guide · Children & YA
Coloring & Activity Books: word count & book length
How long a coloring & activity books book should be, which trim sizes suit it and what that means in printed pages. Typical length: 30–100 pages.
About coloring & activity books
Line-art books for colouring, puzzles and activities, for children and adults.
Recommended trim sizes
Tips for this category
- Print designs on one side only to avoid bleed-through from markers.
- Line art should be at least 300 dpi, ideally 600 dpi bitmap.
About Coloring & Activity Books
A coloring book (British English: colouring-in book, colouring book, or colouring page) is a type of book containing line art to which a person (usually a child) is intended to add color using crayons, colored pencils, marker pens, paint or other artistic media. Traditional coloring books and coloring pages are printed on paper or card. Some coloring books have perforated edges so their pages can be removed from the books and used as individual sheets. Others may include a story line and so are intended to be left intact. Today, many children's coloring books feature popular characters. They are often used as promotional materials for motion pictures and television. Coloring books may also incorporate other activities such as connect the dots, mazes and other puzzles. Some also incorporate the use of stickers.
From the Wikipedia article “Coloring book”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most-published coloring & activity books works in Open Library
| Title | Author | First published | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 1813 | 4,042 |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | 1848 | 1,888 |
| The Time Machine | H. G. Wells | 1895 | 1,146 |
| The Night Before Christmas | Clement Clarke Moore | 1857 | 389 |
| Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | Beatrix Potter | 1906 | 81 |
| American Gods | Neil Gaiman | 2001 | 72 |
| The Tale of Two Bad Mice | Beatrix Potter | 1904 | 67 |
| La Petite Sirene (French Well Loved Tales) | Hans Christian Andersen, Yayoi Kusama | 1935 | 54 |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Dr. Seuss, Rik Mayall | 1957 | 42 |
| Red Queen | Victoria Aveyard | 2015 | 35 |
Open Library lists 5,814 works under this subject.
Frequently asked questions
How long should a coloring & activity books book be?
What trim size is best for coloring & activity books?
Sources & data
- Subject statistics from Open Library.
- Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).