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Every page here is a free PDF, sized for US Letter paper. Print as many as you like for home, a classroom or a library. There’s nothing to sign up for.

  • Star light, star bright (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 2 and up

    The first-star poem, with a big star and two tree houses to color. For the bedroom window.

  • Color the feelings (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 3 and up

    Niko and Lira show the four feelings from Book One. Color each pendant in its feeling’s color.

  • What color is your light today? (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 3 and up

    A big pendant to color the color of how you feel today, with a frame to decorate.

  • Niko and Lira (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 3 and up

    The twins wave hello, with their capes, their pendants and a path of lanterns to color.

  • Baby Tavi and his lantern (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 2 and up

    Baby Tavi reaches for a paper lantern, with his cushions and blocks around him. Big, simple shapes for the youngest.

  • The whole family (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 3 and up

    Oren, Niko, Mara, baby Tavi and Lira, all together at their front door.

  • The first star (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 2 and up

    A child on the porch looks up at the first star of the evening, with a big open sky to color.

  • Lantern Square (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 4 and up

    The Great Lantern in the middle of Lumingrove, with round paving stones, little houses and a bridge.

  • Lanternleaf House (PDF)Coloring page · Ages 4 and up

    Niko and Lira’s home, built into one huge tree, with leaf roofs, round windows and hanging lanterns.

  • Match the feelings (PDF)Activity sheet · Ages 3 to 6

    Color the pendants, then draw a line from each face to its pendant. Answers are at the bottom for grown-ups.

  • Empathy activity cards (PDF)Activity sheet · Ages 2 to 8

    Seven small games for noticing how someone feels, from Watch, don’t guess to One small kind thing. Cut out the cards.

  • The feelings colors (PDF)Chart · All ages

    All nine feelings and their pendant colors, with Niko and Lira to color. For the fridge or the classroom wall.

  • Our bedtime (PDF)Chart · Ages 2 to 5

    A picture routine chart a child can follow without reading: pajamas, brush, book, the first light, bed. Color a star for each step.

  • A Light for Tavi: questions and activities (PDF)Guide · For grown-ups

    Questions for before, during and after reading, and activities for home or class.

The questions and activities are also on Book One’s guide page, and the feelings colors are a game in Pendant Feelings.