From the Rainforest to the Countryside: A Journey Through Animals
Imagine beginning a journey deep in a rainforest.
The air is warm. Leaves stretch overhead. Somewhere in the canopy, a monkey moves between the branches. A little farther away, an orangutan watches from the trees while a troop of chimpanzees makes its way through the forest.
Keep travelling and the landscape begins to change.
The dense rainforest gives way to quieter woodland. A sloth takes its time among the branches. A tapir moves through the undergrowth.
Eventually, the journey leads somewhere completely different: open countryside, where horses graze in fields, ponies wander nearby, donkeys make their presence known, and cows stand peacefully in the pasture.
Today’s Apps of the Day is a journey through that changing landscape.
We’re continuing our renewed spotlight on the Bored Giant coloring-book series with ten animal-themed coloring books that take us from some of the world’s most fascinating primates to animals that children may encounter much closer to home.
And as with the rest of the series, these aren’t intended to dictate what a finished picture should look like.
They are invitations to imagine.
🦍 Start with the Gorillas
Our journey begins with one of the rainforest’s most impressive inhabitants.
Gorillas Coloring Book introduces children to these powerful yet fascinating primates, providing an opportunity to explore their shapes, expressions and surroundings through color.
Maybe the gorilla belongs in a deep green rainforest.
Maybe the trees are enormous.
Maybe the sky is an unusual shade.
The page provides the starting point. The child decides where the journey goes.
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🐒 Into the World of Chimpanzees
From the gorilla’s world, we move deeper into the lives of our closest animal relatives.
Chimpanzees Coloring Book brings another group of intelligent and social primates into the adventure.
Children can imagine chimpanzees moving through the forest, climbing among branches or exploring a landscape entirely of their own invention.
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🦧 High in the Canopy with Orangutans
The journey now moves upward.
Orangutans Coloring Book takes us into the treetops, where long branches, dense vegetation and an imaginative palette can turn a simple coloring page into a completely different world.
What color should the leaves be?
What does the sunset look like through the canopy?
The answers belong to the artist.
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🐒 Follow the Monkeys
And then the journey continues with Monkeys Coloring Book.
Monkeys bring movement and personality into the collection, making them natural characters for imaginative scenes.
A child might picture a monkey swinging through a jungle—or invent an entirely new habitat for it.
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🦥 Slow Down with the Sloths
Not every part of a journey needs to be fast.
Eventually, we encounter one of the rainforest’s great specialists in taking things slowly.
Sloths Coloring Book offers a chance to pause with these distinctive animals and create a quieter scene.
After the movement of the monkeys, perhaps this is where the journey slows down.
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🐗 Through the Undergrowth with Tapirs
The path now leaves the treetops and returns to the forest floor.
Tapirs Coloring Book introduces a remarkably distinctive animal that children may not encounter as often as lions, elephants or giraffes.
That unfamiliarity can itself become part of the fun: discovering an animal and then deciding how its world should look.
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The Landscape Changes
And then something happens.
The rainforest begins to disappear behind us.
The trees become less dense. The path opens into fields. The sounds change.
We’re entering the countryside.
🐎 Meet the Horses
Our first stop is Horses Coloring Book.
Horses are familiar, expressive and endlessly adaptable to imaginative scenes. A child might picture a horse running across an open field, standing beside a stable or exploring a landscape that exists only on the page.
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🐴 A Little Smaller: Ponies
Nearby, we find Ponies Coloring Book.
Ponies bring another familiar animal into the journey, offering children another opportunity to create their own colorful countryside.
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🫏 Along Comes the Donkey
The road continues, and we meet the dependable donkey.
Donkeys Coloring Book adds another familiar farm and countryside animal to the collection.
Perhaps the donkey is walking along a dusty country road.
Perhaps it is standing in a bright green pasture.
Perhaps the entire landscape is completely fantastical.
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🐄 And Finally, the Cows
Our journey ends where many countryside adventures might: in the pasture.
Cows Coloring Book brings us to one of the most familiar farm animals of all.
After travelling from rainforest canopies to forest floors and finally into open farmland, the journey comes to a peaceful conclusion.
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One Journey, Ten Animals, Endless Possibilities
Today’s collection isn’t really about ten separate books.
It’s about the journey between them.
From gorillas and chimpanzees to orangutans and monkeys, we begin among the primates of the rainforest. We slow down with sloths and explore the forest floor with tapirs.
Then the landscape opens.
Horses and ponies take us into the countryside. Donkeys join the path. Finally, we arrive in the pasture with cows.
And throughout the journey, the child remains in control of the colors.
That is what makes coloring so appealing: there doesn’t have to be one predetermined destination.
A gorilla doesn’t have to live in a green rainforest.
A horse doesn’t have to stand in a brown field.
A cow doesn’t have to be black and white.
The page provides the animal. Imagination provides the world.
If you’re looking for a creative activity that gives children the freedom to experiment, imagine and create, this collection offers ten different places to begin.
Perhaps today’s journey starts in the rainforest.
Perhaps it ends somewhere completely unexpected.
Pick an animal. Pick a color. Start the journey.
