The Snow Queen
The great illustrators of the Golden Age come back: the scenes draw on the worlds of Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac and turn them into clear lines for coloring.
Coloring books to listen to
Color while the story is being told.
Audiocoloring is a series of coloring books for classic fairy tales and music. A QR code on every page opens the audio. The phone simply becomes a speaker, while hands and eyes stay with the picture.
The format
A book, a pencil, a voice.
No screen to look at. The phone lies face down next to the book and just plays.
Open the page
Every spread shows a scene from the story, drawn by hand on thick paper that can take watercolor too.
Scan the QR code
The code in the corner opens exactly the chapter that belongs to the picture. No app, no sign-up.
Listen and color
While the hands are busy, attention moves fully into the story, and the story moves into the picture.
You listen differently when your hands have something to do: more calmly, for longer, and with more pictures in your head.
Why it works
A quiet hour for children and adults.
Coloring calms, listening captivates. Together they make a focused, quiet activity that no one has to be told to do.
- CalmNo flicker, no swiping. Just paper, color and a voice telling a story.
- FocusWith busy hands you stay with it longer, including children who find it hard to sit still.
- ListeningClassic texts in full length, not shortened or simplified. The language itself becomes the experience.
The books
A series built to grow.
Every new fairy tale follows the same format. The texts are in the public domain, the pictures are drawn by hand.
The musical coloring book
Here the music tells the story: the Royal March of the Lion, the Swan and the Aquarium from “The Carnival of the Animals”, the Hall of the Mountain King from “Peer Gynt” and the march from “The Love for Three Oranges”. Every picture belongs to one piece, and you color in time with the music.
Thumbelina
Drawn from scratch: the toad, the cockchafer, the field mouse and the mole as quirky little characters, with plenty of room for your own colors.
A look inside
Single pages from the three books, exactly as they are printed for coloring.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen
Thumbelina
The musical coloring book
Try it for free
Two pages to print, with music and a story.
We will send you two coloring pages as PDFs: the lion with music by Saint-Saëns and the toad from “Thumbelina” with the whole story. Print them, grab your pencils, scan the QR code, listen.
For publishers
A new format for your books.
I draw the pages by hand and take care of everything technical: from the first sketch to the audio page behind the QR code.
Three ways to work together
Commission
Audiocoloring for your title
Whether “War and Peace”, “Max and Moritz” or a children’s book from your catalogue: I draw the coloring pages by hand, in my own style or close to the original illustrations, and handle the technical side with QR codes, audio pages and print files.
Audiobooks
Your audiobooks, rediscovered
Existing recordings from your audiobook catalogue become a coloring book. A new product from the backlist, with no new production costs for the audio.
License
The series under license
Three finished books with narrated audio, published under your imprint and continuable in the same format.
More ideas
- Advent calendar 24 pages, 24 audio chapters.
- Postcard sets Single motifs to color and give away.
- Concert halls and museums Coloring books for children’s concerts and exhibitions.
- Learning and lectures Coloring pages for lectures, non-fiction audiobooks and lessons, for schools, universities and libraries. People who draw while listening often remember more.
- Recordings On request I organize narrators.
- Under your brand Audio pages with your logo, on your domain.
How it works
- ConversationTitle, audience, print run.
- SelectionWhich scenes go into the book.
- Sample pageOne finished page with a QR code.
- ProductionAll pages, audio and audio pages.
- HandoverPrint files and links that keep working.
What is already there
Three books drawnThe Snow Queen, Thumbelina and the musical coloring book are fully drawn.
Audio recordedProfessionally narrated and paid for by me. I hold the rights to the recordings.
Public-domain textsClassic fairy tales and music with no license fees. The series can go on as long as you like.
Simple technologyOne QR code per page, no app. The codes point to this domain, so printed books keep working for good.
Daria Zinchenko, artist and illustrator. I draw books, murals and brand worlds, and from December 2026 I live in Stuttgart.
More of my work: zinelli.art
I am happy to send sample books, print files and audio samples.