color meBIG IDEAS. LITTLE HANDS. AGES 4–8.
Make room for crayons, curiosity, and a conversation with your favorite small person.
Color Me Curious brings together bold coloring pages, simple STEM facts, and little activities that invite children to notice, wonder, and talk.
No app. No login. Just a page and somewhere to begin.
New: Space & Dinosaurs in one collectionTHE THINKING BEHIND THE PAGES
A dinosaur catches their eye. A simple fact gives them something to notice. Your question opens a door. That is the idea behind every Color Me Curious adventure.
A crayon makes a mark a child can change, repeat, or build on. Coloring offers a simple way to choose, experiment, and practice using a drawing tool at their own pace.
Purple dinosaurs welcome. Staying inside the lines is optional.
One short fact. One small invitation to count, compare, draw, or imagine. We start with things children already love—rockets, fossils, robots, patterns—and make room for a new question.
You don’t need to turn the page into a lesson.
Notice what your child notices. Ask a question, listen to the answer, and follow their idea. Research on responsive adult–child exchanges informs this part of our approach. [1]
“Tell me about that” is a wonderful place to start.
ROOM FOR REAL-WORLD DISCOVERY
A welcoming alternative for the moments when your family wants to put a device down.
Screens are part of family life. We’re interested in what else gets a place in the day: drawing, movement, rest, stories, and time together.
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ 2026 guidance considers the child, the content, calming, what media crowds out, and communication. It also encourages families to make spaces for activities without digital media. [2]
A coloring page is one easy option. Put out a few crayons, choose a subject together, and see where the conversation goes. It can sit alongside outdoor play, reading, and other things your child enjoys.
You don’t need a perfect routine. A small moment of connection is a good place to begin.
AN INVITATION FOR TODAY
Try a few minutes together. Stay longer if they’re enjoying it, or stop when they’re ready.
Start with the free samplerA rocket? A dinosaur? A pattern to finish? Choosing the page and the colors gives your child a place to start.
Read it aloud if they need help. Pause at the picture and ask, “What do you notice?”
Try the activity. Ask “What do you think?” Give them time. “I don’t know—let’s find out” counts as a good answer.
MEET THE COLOR ME CURIOUS SERIES
Four subjects to explore: space, dinosaurs, robots, and math. Each individual book includes 45 coloring adventures, short facts, simple activities, and guidance for grown-ups.
FOR THE LITTLE STARGAZER
Follow a rocket, explore Saturn’s rings, and imagine the wheels of a Mars rover. Big questions start right here on Earth.
“Where would your rocket go?”
FOR THE FOSSIL FINDER
Meet a three-horned dinosaur and follow the clues left in rock. Turn a love of dinosaurs into a little scientific detective work.
“What could this fossil tell us?”
FOR THE YOUNG INVENTOR
Spot a pattern, imagine a helpful machine, and learn that computers can make mistakes. First AI ideas, explored entirely on paper.
“How could we check its guess?”
FOR THE NUMBER EXPLORER
Count rockets, spot patterns, share a picnic, and explore shapes together. Simple starting activities and optional challenges leave room to grow.
“How did you figure that out?”
Younger readers may need a grown-up’s help. Crayons and colored pencils work well; test markers first and protect the page underneath. Current prices and availability are shown on Amazon.
TWO COMPLETE ADVENTURES · ONE PAPERBACK
90 coloring adventures with space facts, fossils & simple STEM activities
Coming soonFor the child who wants to launch a rocket and dig for fossils. Explore both worlds in one big coloring collection, with boys, girls, and Pip along for the adventure.
Ages 4–8 · 212 pages · 8.5 × 11 inches
Black-and-white coloring pages with blank activity reverses
Already own the individual books? This collection brings together the complete Outer Space and Dinosaurs & Fossils books in one bound paperback. The 90 activities are the same as in those two books.
Look inside the collectionThe opening page and dinosaur section welcome a boy, a girl, and Pip. Select either page to view it larger.
MATH ADVENTURES · AGES 4–8
Math Adventures brings boys, girls, and Pip together for 45 coloring adventures with numbers, shapes, and simple math activities. Start with counting and coloring. Try the extra challenge when your child is ready.
Take a peek at two complete pages from the book. Select a page to view it larger.
A REAL PAGE TO TRYCRAYONS READY?
Try six coloring activities from our space, dinosaur, and robot books, with grown-up notes and questions to explore together. Free to print for your family or classroom.
Get the free sampler9-page PDF · 6 activity pages · No email needed
Print PDF pages 2–7 single-sided on US Letter paper at 100% / Actual Size.
See all six pagesFOR PARENTS WHO LIKE TO KNOW WHY
Our approach draws on broader work about play, relationships, and healthy media habits. These sources inform the design; they have not tested or endorsed this book series.
Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child describes the value of responsive, back-and-forth exchanges with a caring adult. Our prompts offer one way to make room for those exchanges.
Harvard: A Guide to Serve & ReturnAAP guidance takes a broad view of digital media, including what it may crowd out. We offer a practical activity for a family’s screen-free moments, without treating every screen experience as the same.
AAP: New media recommendations, 2026The AAP’s report on play describes the role of child agency and interaction with caregivers in learning. That’s why our activities invite a response while leaving colors, ideas, and tangents to the child.
AAP: The Power of PlayHELLO FROM COLOR ME CURIOUS
Color Me Curious is a series by Dr. Jerry A Smith, created for children ages 4–8 and the grown-ups who explore alongside them.
We believe a child’s favorite subject can be the beginning of a bigger conversation. The books pair playful illustrations with bite-sized facts, simple activities, and parent prompts—so you can open a page and start together.
The illustrations were created with the help of AI tools. The printed activities happen on paper, with no child account or device needed.
FOLLOW ALONG
Short videos from the books: one picture, one fact, one question to ask. Our host in the videos is AI-generated; the pages are real.
Follow @colormecuriousbooksFree printable pages, coloring ideas, and the books, all in one place to save for later.
Find us on PinterestJess is a character we created with AI tools to share the books, one page at a time. The pages, facts, and questions she shows are real.
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