Cute smiling bird perched on a leafy branch with berries, flowers, and curling vines to color.

Smiling Bird on a Berry Branch

A round little bird grips a branch, smiling between big leaves, berry clusters, small flowers, and curly garden vines.

🎨 How to color it

Color the bird sunny yellow, the leaves fresh green, the berries cherry red, and the little flowers soft pink. Use chunky crayons or markers for the bird’s round belly and big leaves, then try a sharper crayon point for the small berry circles and vine curls. Add a pale blue glow around the bird so the leafy branch feels like a cozy secret spot.

The story behind this coloring page

Pip and the Whisper Berry — Under the leaf roof, Pip tapped the same twig every morning: tik, tik, tik. Read the full story →

Under the leaf roof, Pip tapped the same twig every morning: tik, tik, tik. He wanted one red whisper berry for his empty breakfast shell, but all the berries near his nest were green and hard.

So Pip hopped past the curly vines and the pink flower, deeper into the thicket where the air smelled damp and sweet. A thorn tugged one soft feather from his tail. “That’s a fair trade,” Pip peeped. Then he heard a tiny rattle inside the branch. Not a bug. Not rain. Pip pecked once, and out rolled a red berry with a folded leaf tucked behind it.

The leaf said, HOME IS WHERE YOUR TWIG SINGS BACK. Pip carried the berry home, but he carried the words closer. When he tapped his twig again—tik, tik, tik—the branch answered with the same small sound; can you find the secret berry bunch that kept his message safe?