A little hedgehog. A whole world of possibilities.
Meet Pip Thimblewood. He has a very big pocket, a little green notebook, and a wonderful way of seeing ordinary things.
Step into Bramblebrook for stories of family, friendship, and making room for one more idea.
Picture-book adventures for ages 4-8 · By Thomas Heben
One little notebook.Bring your crayons and your big ideas
A free, 40-page printable companion to Pip and the Little Green Notebook. Pick a page for a quiet afternoon, a family game, or a classroom adventure.
Yours to print and enjoy
Eight coloring sheets, creative drawing and map-making, puzzles, a paper craft, memory and story cards, a picnic board game, notebook pages, a certificate, and grown-up answers.
No purchase. No email sign-up. Just choose your paper size.
Ages 4-8, with grown-up help. Print a few pages at a time.
These smaller sets use US Letter paper. For A4 paper, select the pages you want from the complete A4 pack.
The smaller sets keep the full pack's page numbers so game instructions and answers are easy to find.
The Pip of Bramblebrook books
Begin here · Paperback & hardcover
Pip loves to find things and make things. But his drawings keep getting lost. When Papa gives him a little green notebook, a walk through Bramblebrook becomes an adventure full of wonderful possibilities.
Can he make room for the whole adventure on one little page?
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Coming soon · A Christmas adventure
Another warm woodland story with Pip and his family, this time with Christmas around the corner.
Book links will be added here when availability is confirmed.
Still more to imagine
Pip and the Pocket Full of Love is a future Bramblebrook adventure. There is always room for another idea.
A familiar walk. A different way of looking.
Pip's world makes space for small discoveries, shared ideas, and the wonderful things that can happen when someone sits beside you and asks, “What could we try?”
Make something with Pip
For parents, teachers & librarians
You can enjoy these activities before or after reading the story. Children can draw, talk, point, or ask a grown-up to write their words.
Choose US Letter or A4 to match your paper. Print at actual size / 100%, single-sided. All working pages have white backgrounds, and the coloring sheets are black-and-white line art. Place scrap paper underneath if you use markers.
Yes. You may print free copies for noncommercial home, classroom, and library activities. Keep the Thomas Heben credit with the pages. Please do not sell the pack. Share this page with other grown-ups so they can get their own copy.
Pencils, crayons and scrap paper cover most activities. Some games and the paper bird use cut-out pieces; a grown-up should handle cutting for younger children. Instructions, adaptations and answers are included in the pack.
For ages 4-5, start with coloring, talking, drawing and matching with help. For ages 6-8, try word searches, story order, planning and independent play. Choose what suits your child; there is no need to finish every page.
No. The downloads are free and do not require an account or email address. The book adds the story behind the activities, but you can use the pack on its own.
The books and activities were developed using AI tools under the creative direction of Thomas Heben, with text, illustration selection and editorial review shaped around Pip's woodland world.