For a summer or beach birthday
Quiet Ocean
45 ocean drawings to color, cut out and frame, from the sea turtle to the seahorse.
Birthday gifts
Birthday gifts for someone who loves to color
The most personal birthday gift for someone who loves to color is a realistic coloring book of the thing they love, or a page you color and frame for them yourself: their favorite animal, or their birth-month flower. Every page in a Nibfern coloring book cuts out along a dotted line and fits a standard 8 x 10 frame.
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For a winter birthday
Quiet Winter
45 winter drawings, from the snow leopard and arctic fox to the amaryllis.
Birth-month flower gifts
Each month has a traditional birth flower, and most have two. Quiet Petals, the next Nibfern book, includes a flower for every month, so you can color their birth flower and frame it for their birthday.
| Month | Birth flowers | In Quiet Petals |
|---|---|---|
| January | Carnation, snowdrop | Carnation |
| February | Violet, primrose | A teacup of violets |
| March | Daffodil (jonquil) | Daffodil |
| April | Daisy, sweet pea | Sweet peas |
| May | Lily of the valley, hawthorn | Lily of the valley |
| June | Rose, honeysuckle | Garden rose |
| July | Larkspur, water lily | Larkspur |
| August | Gladiolus, poppy | Poppy meadow, California poppy |
| September | Aster, morning glory | Morning glory |
| October | Marigold, cosmos | Cosmos |
| November | Chrysanthemum | Spider chrysanthemum |
| December | Narcissus (paperwhite), holly | Paperwhites; the holly sprig is in Quiet Winter |
The birth month flowers, their meanings and the colors to use.
Milestone birthdays
For a 60th, 70th or 80th birthday, a book of something they have loved all their life, the sea, winter animals or birds, says you know them. Add a frame and one page you colored yourself.
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Quiet Petals
45 realistic flowers, one to a page: garden favorites, wildflowers, exotic blooms and flowers in teacups, vases and watering cans, including all twelve birth-month flowers.
Inside: peony, sunflower, garden rose, tulip field with a windmill, lavender field, hydrangea and more.
Quiet Wings
45 realistic birds, one to a page: the backyard birds at the feeder, the exotic birds people travel to see, and the hens and parrots people keep at home.
Inside: northern cardinal, barn owl, ruby-throated hummingbird, scarlet macaw, Indian peacock, American flamingo and more.
Questions givers ask
What is a good birthday gift for someone who likes to color?
A realistic coloring book of something they love, plus colored pencils and a frame. Or color one page yourself, their favorite animal or birth flower, and frame it for them.
What is a birth flower gift?
A gift featuring the traditional flower for the month someone was born, such as the rose for June or the daffodil for March. A colored and framed birth-flower page is one you make yourself.
What are the birth month flowers?
January carnation, February violet, March daffodil, April sweet pea or daisy, May lily of the valley, June rose, July larkspur, August poppy or gladiolus, September morning glory or aster, October cosmos or marigold, November chrysanthemum and December narcissus or holly.