An activity book series for ages 2–9

Inside Big Machines

Big-format activity books for children who love machines. Each one gives a child eight machines to color, cut out and glue back together, reveal square by square and draw for themselves, with mazes, a word search and a certificate at the end. Paper, crayons and child-safe scissors: no screens needed.

  • Screen-free
  • Coloring
  • Cut & glue
  • Ages 2–9

What your child does in every book

Hands-on pages for quiet time at home, on a trip or in the classroom. Each book has eight machines, and every machine shows up in several kinds of activity.

  1. Color

    A full-page drawing of every machine, with clear lines for crayons or markers.

  2. Cut & glue

    Picture puzzles with dotted cut lines that rebuild each machine. The cutting is done with a grown-up.

  3. Reveal

    Color a grid by symbol and a hidden machine appears, square by square.

  4. Draw & solve

    Draw-your-own pages, mazes, a word search and a certificate to finish.

Cover of Inside Big Machines: Construction Coloring & Activity Book, showing a yellow excavator at a construction siteInside Big Machines: Construction Coloring & Activity Book

Zone 1: the building site

Construction

Diggers, dozers, cranes and mixers.

Eight construction machines to color, build, reveal and draw, from the excavator and bulldozer to the mobile crane and road roller. Each machine appears in several kinds of activity, so the book holds a child's attention from the first page to the certificate at the end.

Ages 2–9 · 86 pages · 40+ activities · 8.5 × 11 in

Cover of Inside Big Machines: Space Machines, showing a rocket lifting off from its launch pad, with a rover in the foregroundInside Big Machines: Space Machines

Zone 2: the launch pad

Space Machines

Rockets, rovers, capsules and space stations.

Eight machines that take us to space, from the launch rocket and crew capsule to the lunar lander and Mars rover. Each machine has a full-page coloring page, a cut-and-glue puzzle and a color-by-symbol reveal.

Ages 2–9 · 86 pages · 40 activities · 8.5 × 11 in

Cover of Inside Big Machines: Monster Trucks, showing a red monster truck kicking up mudInside Big Machines: Monster Trucks

Zone 3: the dirt track

Monster Trucks

Big-tire pickups, mud boggers and car crushers.

Eight giant monster trucks, from the big-tire pickup and mud bogger to the car crusher and snow truck. Each truck has a full-page coloring page, a cut-and-glue puzzle and a color-by-symbol reveal.

Ages 2–9 · 86 pages · 40 activities · 8.5 × 11 in

Which machines does your child love?

Pick a zone, or collect all three. Large 8.5 × 11 in paperbacks, sold on Amazon.

Cutting activities should always be done with a grown-up, using child-safe scissors.