Girl in polka-dot pants reading on cushions by a window while a cat sleeps beside her.

Girl Reading by the Window with a Sleeping Cat

A smiling girl sits on floor cushions with an open book, a potted plant in the window, and a curled-up cat nearby.

🎨 How to color it

Color the girl’s sweater butter yellow, her polka-dot pants cherry red, the window plant leafy green, and the sleeping cat soft cream. Use chunky crayons for the big sweater, cushions, and round rug, and do not worry if little hands color across the book’s tiny lines. Try making the clouds outside pale blue and leaving the window panes bright, so the cozy reading corner feels like a secret sunny spot.

The story behind this coloring page

The Book That Kept Clouds — On the round rug, with rain tapping tip-tip on the glass, Tamsin turned the last page of her library book very slowly. Read the full story →

On the round rug, with rain tapping tip-tip on the glass, Tamsin turned the last page of her library book very slowly. She wanted to finish before the sleepy cat woke and batted the bookmark away. The book smelled like paper dust and peppermint tea.

Something crinkled inside the back cover. Tamsin waited, then slid in one careful finger. Out came a thin blue card, no bigger than a leaf, with a tiny cloud pressed into it. “Shh,” whispered the card.

She tucked it into the front page, right above the little printed sky. The room grew still. Outside, the clouds parted into soft white puffs, and ever since, books read by windows keep a cloud or two inside for patient readers to find. Next time you see the open book, can you spot where Tamsin hid the sky?