August 2 is Coloring Book Day! Coloring isn’t only for children, it’s a fun, relaxing, and trendy activity for adults too. Hop on the coloring book train (and remember sometimes it’s okay to color outside the lines) with these 20 best coloring books for kids and adults on Coloring Book Day.

Coloring Books for Kids

1. The Creative Toddler’s First Coloring Book Ages 1-3 by Imagi Press

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“Let your toddler have creative fun while learning to recognize everyday things and animals! With 100 simple & familiar pictures (of everyday objects, fruits and vegetables, forest animals, farm animals, zoo animals and more!) this coloring book is perfect for toddlers from 1 year old!”

2. Sea Creatures: A Coloring Book for Kids! by Mew Kids

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“There are so many delightful creatures to be discovered in the deep, blue sea. This coloring book is full of SEA CREATURES! Watch your child bring these cute underwater animals to life using their favorite colors.”

3. Mermaid Coloring Book: For Kids Ages 4-8 by Silly Bear

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“This children’s coloring book is full of beautiful mermaids and their ocean friends. For any young mermaid fan, this book makes a great gift from ages 4 to 8 years.”

4. 16 Bulk Coloring Books for Kids Ages 4-8 – Assortment Bundle Includes 16 Kids Coloring and Activity Books Bundle with Games, Puzzles, Mazes, and Stickers (No Duplicates) by Brand: Bulk Coloring Books

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“This bulk coloring book set includes 16 full-sized coloring books for kids and toddlers — no duplicate titles. Coloring books feature favorite licensed Disney, Marvel, Nick Jr, Sesame Street characters — and many more!”

5. Unicorns, Rainbows, Mermaids and More: Coloring Book for Kids Ages 4-8 by Janelle McGuinness

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“Looking for the perfect children’s coloring book full of unicorns, rainbows, fairies, mermaids and more? Then this coloring book is for you. It is full of fun, cute, happy, beautiful drawings of unicorns, rainbows, mermaids, butterflies, fairies and caticorns. It is ideal for girls, boys and all kids aged 3 years and up.”

6. Dinosaur Coloring Book for Kids: Great Gift for Boys & Girls, Ages 4-8 by Two Hoots Coloring

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“33 completely unique dinosaur coloring pages for kids ages 4-8! For the dinosaur-loving child, what could be more fun than being able to color all of his or her favorite types? Powerful meat-eaters and peaceful herbivores roam through this coloring book, enjoying their prehistoric habitats with trees, mountains, volcanoes and comets whizzing across the sky in the background. You will find all the most popular dinosaur types here–sometimes alone, sometimes interacting with one another!”

7. The Ultimate Colouring Book for Boys by JD Evers

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“Everything boys love is in this big bumper book of the #1 Colouring Book series. Let your imagination run wild with pirates, dragons, robots, animals, cars, fire engines and so much more. Over 100 pages!”

8. I Am Confident, Brave & Beautiful: A Coloring Book for Girls by Hopscotch Girls

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“This groundbreaking coloring book is all about building a girl’s confidence, imagination, and spirit! The 22+ coloring pages encourage girls to think beyond social conventions and inspire conversations with adults about what it really means to be confident, brave, and beautiful.”

9. Anti-Racism Starts With Me: Kids Coloring Book by Kadeesha Bryant

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“Community educator Kadeesha Bryant has created a unique coloring book that mixes creative fun with powerful messages of hope and understanding. Every page contains hand-drawn illustrations to color as well words of wisdom on overcoming prejudice and bridging divides in our society.”

“A coloring book with nationalities from all over the world represented! Multicultural coloring pages about differences, similarities and the beauty found in both. This coloring book features a simple poem about a “rainbow of friends” and the ways they are unique, how they are the same, and how they can work together and stand up for each other. We hope that this book serves as a starting point to speak to young children about race, respect, and kindness.”

10. Space Coloring Book for Kids: Fantastic Outer Space Coloring with Planets, Astronauts, Space Ships, Rockets by Blue Wave Press

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“Space coloring book for boys, girls, and kids who love outer space. Featuring full-page drawings of planets, astronauts, spaceships, aliens, meteors, rockets, sun, moon, stars.”

Coloring Books for Adults

11. Easy Coloring Book for Adults Inspirational Quotes by Sally Berry

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“These ready-to-color pages have been selected among multiple talented artists and include 50 coloring pages with inspirational quotes.”

12. Adult Coloring Book : 60 Stress Relieving Animals Designs by Olympia Soares

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“Special patterns created to provide hours of fun, calm, relaxation, and stress relief through creative expression. Designs range in complexity and detail from beginner to expert-level.”

13. Worlds of Wonder: A Coloring Book for the Curious by Johanna Basford

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“From the creator of the worldwide bestsellers World of Flowers and Lost Ocean, a beautiful new coloring book that takes you on a captivating journey through imagined and fantastical realms.”

14. 125 Mandalas: An Adult Coloring Book Featuring 125 of the World’s Most Beautiful Mandalas for Stress Relief and Relaxation by Coloring Book Cafe

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“Specially crafted by Best-Selling brand of 100+ illustrated masterpieces, Coloring Book Cafe, this incredible book gathers the most elegant and popular mandalas from their entire collection, offering a jaw-dropping range of 125 magnificent mandalas from around the globe.”

15. Amazing Patterns: Adult Coloring Book, Stress Relieving Mandala Style Patterns by Coloring Book Kim

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“Fantastic and relaxing patterns will allow you to break away from the chaos of everyday life and plunge into the land of peace and relaxation.”

16. Bloom: A Floral Adult Coloring Book by Karen Sue Chen

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“Bloom is a relaxing coloring book perfect for unleashing your creativity and inner artist. There are 37 original detailed illustrations by artist Karen Sue Chen of Karen Sue Studios. The whimsical intricate drawings are inspired by flowers, plants, nature, and garden creatures. Let the stress relieving patterns take you to a world of relaxation and imagination. Embrace the calm and connect with your inner artist using pens, markers, crayons, or coloring pencils.”

17. Life Of The Wild: A Whimsical Adult Coloring Book by Karen Sue Chen

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“Life of the Wild is a whimsical adult coloring book perfect for unleashing your creativity and inner artist. There are 37 original detailed illustrations by artist Karen Sue Chen of Karen Sue Studios. The intricate drawings are inspired by nature, animals, and gardens. Let the stress relieving patterns take you to a world of relaxation and imagination. Embrace the calm and connect with your inner artist using pens, markers, crayons, or coloring pencils. The pages are printed on a single side, so there is no bleed through.”

18. Tattoo Coloring Book For Adults by Tattoo Coloring Press

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“30 Original Artist Designs, High Resolution.”

19. Adult Coloring Book : Stress Relieving Designs Animals, Mandalas, Flowers, Paisley Patterns And So Much More by Cindy Elsharouni

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“This adult coloring book from Cindy Elsharouni has over 60 animal patterns and provides hours of stress relief through creative expression. It features small and big creatures from forests, oceans, deserts, and woodland.”

20. Color & Frame – In the Garden by New Seasons

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“Join millions of adults around the world who are rediscovering the simple relaxation and joy of coloring! This Simple 1-2-3™ Color and Frame – In the Garden coloring book features the art of Lily Ashbury.”

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