The Gentle Bookshop

Books that make quiet time the best time.

Colouring books with thick, friendly lines. Stories for bedtime. Workbooks that help little hands and busy minds. Every book has sample pages you can print at home first.

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The whole bookshop

Nearly 50 gentle books

Bold and easy colouring, bedtime stories, handwriting help, brain games and gifts for grandparents.

Browse every book → The Halloween Shelf

Spooky, but friendly

Seek and find, mystery mosaics, big-print word searches and a brand new bold and easy book.

Enter if you dare → The Christmas Shelf

Cosy Christmas colouring

Festive seek and find for kids and detailed grayscale pages for grown-ups, ready for stockings.

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New: The Curious Kids Club

Why is the sky blue? Why do dogs fart?

A why of the day, a gross-o-meter and a what-if spinner, straight from our fact books.

Ask a why →

Readers' favourites

A good place to start. Each one opens on Amazon.

Halloween Grayscale Complete Collection coverHalloween Grayscale: CompleteGrown-up colourists Dysgraphia Workbook for Teens coverDysgraphia Workbook: TeensHandwriting help Capybara Bold and Easy coverCapybara Bold & EasyCalm colouring Goodnight, Little Capybara coverGoodnight, Little CapybaraBedtime story Sciatica Relief for Seniors coverSciatica Relief for SeniorsCare & comfort Born in 1960 coverBorn in 1960Birthday gift
Try before you buyEvery book has sample pages you can print at home tonight.
One side onlyColouring pages are printed single-sided, so markers never bleed through.
Made for real peopleBig lines for beginners and seniors, calm stories for bedtime, help for tricky handwriting.