Escargot and the Search for Spring book review and fan art coloring page

Today on this free coloring pages blog I am writing a book review on an excellent

children's book called Escargot and the Search for Spring.  

I am also posting a fan-art coloring page of the main character from this book. 

Escargot and Plush Bunny

I recently purchased a book called Escargot and the Search for Spring.  It was written by Dashka Slater.  The awesome illustrations were done by Sydney Hanson. (I hope she's OK with my fan-art effort here.) What a great storybook!  I have purchased two of the other Escargot books in the past!  I read these to my 4-year-old granddaughter.  She LOVES the stories!  I have fun reading the books with what is probably a terrible fake French accent.  It really is fun!  It kind of makes me hoarse when I talk that way.

In THIS Escargot book the snail (Escargot is actually a living snail) is trapped in his home.  He THINKS he has a big snowbank blocking his door but it is a bunny.  The story is so cute.  Our granddaughter loves bunnies so this was the PERFECT Escargot book for her.  

The bunny in my drawing here is NOT the bunny from the book.  It is our granddaughter's plush or stuffed bunny.  She also has a plush Escargot snail.  I highly recommend this series of books!  They are the ultimate fun read-aloud picture books!  By the way, my drawing of the snail IS based on Escargot, however it is not exactly the same.  

NOTE:  To print this fan-art drawing in order to color it, just click on the "Animals" button and scroll down.  IF you are accessing this around Oct. 2024 then this drawing will be near or at the bottom of the list.  I hope you read these Escargot books and I hope you enjoy coloring the drawing.  

Walrus Mother and Calf coloring page

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Today's new drawing for you to print and color

is of a Mother Walrus and her Calf.

Walrus Mother and Calf

Walruses are a huge marine mammal.  They often live on sea ice so global warming is affecting them quite a lot.  A mother walrus might weigh as much as 2700 lbs or 907 kg... and be up to 10 feet or 3 meters long.  A male walrus could be up to 12 feet long or 3.7 meters and weigh up to 5000 lbs or 2268 kg.

Both female and male walrus have huge tusks.  A male could have tusks up to 39 inches or 100 cm.  A female walrus may have a pair tusks up to 31.8 or 80 cm.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Animals."  Then scroll down to near or at the bottom of the list  IF you are accessing this page during Oct. 2024 then the title of this drawing will be found there.  Just click on the title and print the drawing for you or your child/children to color.   Have fun coloring!!!

2 New Pictures of Jesus to Color

Here is my free coloring pages blog.

Today's new free drawings are of Jesus.

They are of Jesus in the Old World and one is of Him in the New World. 

I am posting these drawings, especially for those of you who are watching the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.   Your kids, or even you, could print some of my Religious drawings to color as you watch or listen to conference.  

Jesus begins His Atonement in the Garden of Gethsemane

In the Garden of Gethsemane, outside of Jerusalem, Jesus began his Atonement.  He began to pay the price for our sins.  Eternal law says that when we sin we can not return to live with our Heavenly Parents.  Jesus, our elder Spirit Brother, volunteered to be the Savior to cleanse us from our sins so we could repent and return to live with our Heavenly Parents, and with Him, and with our worthy family and friends.  

Jesus praying during His Visit to the Americas

Jesus visited the Americas. In fact, pretty much every tribe or civilization of Native Americans has legends of that visit.  The story of Him visiting the Nephites and Lamanites in one part of the Americas is found in the Book of Mormon.  Jesus Christ taught these people of His newly performed Atonement.  He taught them to be kind and loving to one another and the result was 200 years of peace.  Read all about it in 3rd Nephi in the Book of Mormon - Another Testament of Jesus Christ. 

As I write this Elder Bednar, a modern apostle, is talking in the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints... about the Book of Mormon.  That book has given me great faith and comfort over the years, including when I was suffering after a major failed trachea surgery.  I was expected to die yet here I still am.  And that was 19 years ago!  

God can speak to us today and give us personal revelation via His Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.  In fact, when the doctor came into my hospital room he said, "I'm very sorry Mr. Lyman, you're not going to make it."  Then, after he walked out, the Holy Ghost spoke to my soul and said, "It's OK to go, but if you want to stay I will help you but it won't be easy."  

A week or so later my wife had to return home to Utah, USA.  I was in the hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. That was over 2000 miles away.  I felt so sad and lonely yet the Book of Mormon gave me hope and peace.  I knew that Jesus knew how I felt.  Jesus suffered so much in Gethsemane that He even took upon himself ALL our sorrows and the eternal price of all our sins.  Hence He DID know how I felt. And again, that 3 months in the hospital in Boston was 19 years ago.  And I still feel His Holy Spirit when I read the Book of Mormon - Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

While Jesus visited the Americas He was a resurrected and glorified Celestial being with an Eternal body.  And he DID pray during His visit.  He was the Son of God and he prayed to His Heavenly Father.  Because of His resurrection, we all will be resurrected.  The glory of the body we get in the resurrection depends on our repentance and faithfulness here on Earth. 

NOTE:  These drawings, in printable form, are found by clicking on the button labeled "Religious" and scrolling down to the title.  The first picture's title will be at the bottom of the New Testament list.  The second will be at the bottom of the Restoration of the Gospel list.  

Unicorn Stallion and Mare with Squirrel coloring pages

 Today on this, my free coloring pages blog...

I am posting two simple Unicorn drawings.  

These are simple drawings for kids to color. 

Unicorn Mare with Squirrel Doe Friend

Unicorn Stallion with Buck Squirrel

This is a pair of rather simple Unicorn drawings.  Unicorns are magical creatures of light.  They have human-like or Fairy-like or Mermaid-like intelligence.  They are friendly with less intelligent non-magical animals like squirrels.  In fact, they are especially friendly with squirrels.  I am not sure why that is but it is the truth.  

NOTE:  This pair of drawings are found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of drawings.  IF you are accessing this page during October 2024 then these drawings will be found at or near the bottom of the Fantasy titles.  Have fun coloring these rather simple and quickly-done drawings of mine.   

Alamosaurus the Huge North American Sauropod coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a huge North American Sauropod called Alamosaurus.

Alamosaurus feeding on Cycad Tree

(Alamosaurus sanjuanensis)

Alamosaurus was a gigantic Sauropod dinosaur.  It appeared in North America after a 30 million-year lack of any Sauropods on the continent.  It was closely related to the giant Titanosaurs of South America.  So it is thought that it must have migrated up into North America FROM South America.  It was the biggest land animal ever to live in North America.  It was possibly 100 feet or 30.5 meters long and possibly weighed up to 88 tons.  Of course, estimates vary.  Initially, it was thought that Alamosaurus was only around 52 feet long.  But in 2011 vertebrae were found that showed that Alamosaurus was possibly twice that size.  

One fossilized bone of an Alamosaurus had a T. rex tooth embedded inside it.  This may indicate that T. rex preyed on this Sauropod.  However, with its enormous size, a healthy Alamosaurus would not be threatened by an adult T. rex... or even by a pack of Tyrannosaurs.  Alamosaurs were one of the few Sauropods that we know had osteoderms or armor to protect it from predators.  Although there is some thought that possible all or most Sauropods had defensive armor that just did not fossilize... thus leaving us not knowing about their ostedermal armor.  

Although Aregentinosaurus is thought to have been larger, it was not by much.  In fact, we may one day find Alamosaurus fossils that indicate that IT was larger.  So far Alamosaurus fossils have been found in New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and as far north as Wyoming.  It clearly was a successful animal that lived in many parts of North America.  

By the way, the genus name Alamosaurus has nothing to do with the Alamo in Texas.  Alamo actually is the Spanish word for poplar trees like the cottonweed tree and it was found in a place with that name.  Specifically, the dinosaur was named for the Ojo Alamo Sandstone where it was first found in 1921 in New Mexico.  Its species name is sanjuanensis after the county in New Mexico where it was found.  So the full scientific classification name is Alamosaurus sanjuanensis.

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology."  Then, IF you are accessing this page during October of 2024 then this title will be at or near the bottom of the Mesozoic Animals titles.  Have fun coloring!

Blue-Footed Boobies Doing Mating Dance coloring pages

 This is my free coloring pages blog.

I have drawn over 3000 coloring page drawings.

Feel free to print them for kids to color. 

Today's new drawing is of Blue-Footed Boobies. 

We saw these birds several years ago on a trip to the Galapagos Islands.

Blue-Footed Boobies Doing Mating Dance

Blue-footed boobies live in the Galapagos Islands.  They have unique blue feet and a cute mating dance.  This dance is part of their courtship ritual.  These two boobies are on a rock near the shore.  Another amazing thing that blue-footed boobies do is dive into the ocean at high speed when they're fishing.  It is really quite amazing to watch.  

Boobies drink seawater.  Then they excrete the excess salt out of their nostrils.  So boobies are mouth breathers.  There are other species of boobies:  Red-footed Boobies, Nazca Boobies, Masked Boobies, Brown Boobies, etc. etc.  There are actually 6  distinct species of boobies.  

The ship in the distance is from National Geographic/Linblad.  We went to the Galapagos with them and it was an absolutely AMAZING experience!!  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Birds."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of bird drawings.  If you are accessing this page around October 2024 then the drawing title will be at or near the bottom of the list of bird drawings.  Below is an older drawing I did of two Blue-footed boobies.   Have fun coloring!

Blue-Footed Boobies

This is an older drawing so it is found in printable form further up the list of bird drawings. 

Two Fairy Princesses, a She-Elf Warrior, and a Hobbit coloring pages

This is my free coloring pages blog.

There are around 3000 pictures that I have drawn that you can print to color.

Today I am posting several Fantasy Drawings.  

Posting these will take a couple of hours tonight. 

Niya the Fairy Princess

Niya is a beautiful but kind Fairy Princess.  She knows that true beauty is more than skin deep.  Yes, she IS very beautiful to look at.  But if you got to know her you would come to know that she is much much more.  She is kind and serves others.  Oh that all physically beautiful people were as kind as Niya!

By the way, please realize that this medium of coloring pages can capture the visual beauty of a beautiful person.  But I do the best I can.  In case you are wondering, Niya has bright beautiful blonde hair.  But, of course you can color this drawing any way you would like.  AND I have met her and she was obviously very intelligent and very kind.  

Caytlynia She-Elf in Willow Tree

Not all Elf Warriors are male.  Some are She-Elves.  Being particularly nimble they are good at climbing trees.  In fact, this is particularly true of Wood Elf females.  They are a force to be reckoned with as they hide in trees and pick off orcs from on high.  Caytlynia is very beautiful on many levels, both spiritually and physically.  But she is also a deadly foe when defending the Wood Elf Realm.

Cydnia the Elven Princess

Cydnia IS an Elven Princess, however she is also an expert on medicinal plants.  Here we see her in the Canyon near her home.  She is gathering medicinal plants to help the other Elves.  

Woodie the Hobbit Warrior

It is true that Hobbits are not usually known for fighting.  But SOME did become warriors.  They rode horses and fought with Men who were knights.  Of course, Hobbits were much smaller than the men.  But they were ferocious warriors.  Don't let their size fool you.  In fact, in a battle, one of the things Hobbits were very good at was throwing stones.  They were deadly accurate.  OK. Hobbit-thrown stones were not always deadly, but their hits were WERE impactful because a Hobbit could aim at any body part they wished to clobber with the rock. They could give an Orc a concussion or blind it in one eye with a deadly accurate throw of a fist-sized rock.  

NOTE:  These drawings can be found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down and find these titles.  This will work IF you are accessing this page in October of 2024.  If you are accessing it later than that then the drawing titles will be further up the list.  I will be posting more drawings today.