Switching Shoes — Coloring Book

The complete Switching Shoes story, redrawn as line art for coloring.

Not a few bonus pages in the back — the whole book. Every illustration Daniel Noriega made for Switching Shoes, from the curtain going up to the curtain coming down, waiting to be filled in.

The story is told on a stage, by an alarm clock with a microphone. And the cast is the joke that makes the whole thing work: the old characters are clocks — grandfather clocks with walkers, mantel clocks with canes — and the young ones are phones and tablets. Every page pairs them off. When you're young you can't wait to drive; when you're old you'd rather sit back and enjoy the breeze. When you're young you're sure nobody understands; when you're old you find out everyone did.

It ends where these things always end: one day you'll be the old one, telling someone young the same story.

Children color it without noticing they're being handed a whole argument about growing up. That's the point.

WHAT YOU GET

- 25-page PDF — 22 full-page coloring pages plus title, dedication and copyright pages

- Landscape format, drawn wide with plenty of open space to work in

- Instant download — print at home as many times as you like

- Crayons, colored pencils and markers all work

- Ages 4–10, and honestly it holds up for older kids too

PAIRS WITH THE STORYBOOK

Read the illustrated Switching Shoes first, or watch the narrated read-along, then hand over the coloring book. Children who already know the story slow down on the pages they remember — and the ones they linger on tell you which part landed.

Written by David Gibson. Illustrated by Daniel Noriega.

Published by Unforgettable Media.

Free preview available — see the actual pages before you buy.