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Tilly Tumbletoes Books

Alphabet coloring books · Preschool & Kindergarten

Tilly Tumbletoes

One coloring book for every letter, A to Z. Find the hidden letter, color it, trace it and read together with a clumsy, brave girl in a very tall hat.

Out now · Book A

A is for Adventure!

47 pages · 8.5 x 11 in · Preschool & Kindergarten

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Tilly waves as her top hat pops off and a rainbow letter A swirls into the sky, surrounded by her A friends: an alligator, ants, an alpaca, an astronaut, an apple and an airplane.
Black-and-white drawings of Tilly from three angles: waving, walking, and with her top hat popping off.

Meet the hero

Tilly Tumbletoes is clumsy, curious and very, very brave. She trips over apples, tumbles off boats and gets bonked by acorns, and she always gets back up with a giggle.

In every book, Tilly taps her top hat, pulls out a letter card and sets off on an adventure to meet friends whose names start with that letter.

  • A big cloud of curly brown hair
  • A long red buttoned coat
  • Purple and yellow striped stockings
  • Red sneakers
  • A tall top hat with daisies

How it works

Four steps on every page

Each picture is a little letter lesson in disguise. Kids think they're coloring. You know they're learning.

Coloring page: Tilly trips over a giant apple. A letter A is hidden in the apple's leaf, circled in red.
Found it! The A is in the leaf.
  1. Step 1: Find the hidden letter

    Every picture hides a letter. Can you spot the A tucked into the apple leaf?

  2. Step 2: Color it

    Color the hidden letter with a color that starts with it too, like Apple red, Aqua or Azure.

  3. Step 3: Trace it

    Big tracing letters with start dots build the strokes kids need to write A and a.

  4. Step 4: Read together

    Each page has a short, funny line to read out loud, so story time and coloring time become one.

The series

Collect the whole alphabet

One book per letter. A is out now, B is on the way, and the rest of the alphabet is coming.

See all 26 letters

Peek inside

Letter A coloring pages from A is for Adventure!

17 big pictures, each with a hidden A to find. Tap a page to see it bigger.

For parents & teachers

Screen-free fun that builds real skills

We made Tilly for the grown-ups who want a calm, happy activity that's quietly doing the work of early literacy, whether that's at the kitchen table or in a kindergarten classroom.

  • Made for young children: preschool, pre-K and kindergarten
  • Single-sided pages, so markers never bleed onto the next picture
  • Builds the early skills teachers look for: letter recognition, phonics and pre-writing
  • Big, bold 8.5 x 11 in pictures sized for little hands and chunky crayons
  • One page is about 10 to 15 minutes of calm, screen-free fun
  • Printed and shipped by Amazon, so ordering is quick and familiar

Learning through play

  • Letter recognition: Find the hidden A on every page.
  • Early phonics: A for Apple, Ant, Alligator... say it, hear it.
  • Pre-writing: Trace and connect-the-dots A and a.
  • Color words: 7 colors that start with A, from Amber to Azure.
  • Reading together: A short, funny line to share on every page.
  • Fine motor and focus: Big, bold pictures sized for little hands.

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