Not Now Coloring

Not Now,Coloring books for the kid who's along for the ride

Mahj night. Saturday hockey. The game that runs long. Every Not Now book turns the waiting into the fun part.

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Meet the series

Each book follows the kid who tagged along, and the big adventure they find while the grown-ups are busy.

Cover of Not Now, Mommy's Playing Mahj: moms laughing over a mahjong table while two kids and a doodle color on the rug

Tonight is Mahj night!

Book 1: Not Now, Mommy's Playing Mahj

A Coloring & Activity Book

  • Ages 6 and up
  • 40 pages to color, solve and draw

Mommy and her friends are gathered around the tiles, and the kids have big plans of their own. Build a blanket fort, pour tea for Dot the baby dragon, shrink down into magical Tile World, and dance when Mommy calls Mahjongg!

  • Find the hidden Joker tile on every page, with answers in the back
  • A maze, dot-to-dot, spot the difference and more
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Peek inside

  • Coloring page "Mommy plays. We play too!": the kids color at their own table beside the mahjong game
  • Coloring page "More tea, Dot?": a blanket-fort tea party with Dot the baby dragon
  • Coloring page "Mommy won!": everyone cheers around the mahjong table
Cover of Not Now, Mom and Dad Are Watching Hockey, CT Edition: a family cheering in the rink bleachers while two kids color

Not now, we're at the rink!

Book 2: Not Now, Mom and Dad Are Watching Hockey

CT Edition: A Coloring & Activity Book

  • Ages 5 and up
  • 47 big pictures to color

Big brother has a game, Mom and Dad are glued to the glass, and Ellie and Max have the whole rink to explore. Color 21 real Connecticut rinks, from the shoreline to the hills, plus pond hockey, snack-bar treats, an octopus goalie and a dinosaur hockey game!

  • Find Pucky the puck hiding in every picture
  • A Connecticut rink map, maze, word search and rink passport
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Peek inside

  • Coloring page: dinosaur hockey
  • Coloring page: the octopus goalie has eight arms
  • Coloring page: Jo scores!

Why "Not Now"?

Every family has a grown-up thing the kids sit through. These books are for that hour.

Made for the waiting

Bleachers, card tables, the back row. Each book is built for the time a kid spends next to someone else's big thing, and it makes them the hero of their own story.

Real places, real life

The hockey book draws 21 real Connecticut rinks, and the Mahj book lives in a sunny shoreline kitchen. Kids color the places they actually go.

What should we color next?

Pickleball, dance recitals, golf, swim meets? Tell us what your kids sit through, and it might become the next Not Now book.

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