35 Reading Coloring Pages - Free!

Reading is the process of interpreting and understanding the meaning of written words, whether silently or out loud. Reading allows us to access information, knowledge, culture and entertainment found in texts of various types and formats. Reading is super important!

In addition, reading also stimulates our imagination, our creativity, our memory and our critical thinking. This is an activity that can be practiced anytime and anywhere, isn't that incredible? Come on!

With so much information it made us want to read a little, didn't it make you? But before that, come and visit the Coloring Together gallery, in it we have beautiful reading drawings to color that will surprise you more than you think.

Just like a book, these drawings are special, because they have fun facts about reading that you would never imagine and that turn out to be very interesting, so cheer up and come with us to have a fun time coloring.

1. Reading can reduce stress by up to 68% in just 6 minutes, according to a study by the University of Sussex.
2. Reading is an artificial process that is not genetically coded in humans. It requires hard learning and memory to acquire this skill.
3. Did you know that reading changes the brain? Both in its anatomy, chemistry, physics and physiology. Incredible! This happens because, in order to learn to read, the brain must mature first.
4. Reading is like exercise for the brain, since it keeps it active and elastic. That is, it favors the connections between neurons. In fact, reading can prevent or delay diseases like Alzheimer's.
5. Reading improves vocabulary, spelling, grammar and the ability to express yourself. It also helps develop critical thinking and creativity.
6. Reading increases empathy, compassion and tolerance toward others. When we read, we put ourselves in the characters' place and experience their emotions and perspectives.
7. Reading is capable of increasing confidence and self-esteem, did you know that? It is a way of communicating with other people, which fosters confidence in the ability to write and speak.
8. It is said that reading can help relieve depression, especially fiction reading, thanks to the fact that people can temporarily escape from their world.
9. One way to sleep well is by reading before doing so, did you know that? It is said that reading is a way to release the tension accumulated during the day, so it will let you sleep better.
10. Don Quixote of La Mancha is one of the best-selling books in the whole world, with 500 million copies sold. Amazing!
11. Reading is considered a form of meditation, since it helps us concentrate.
12. A study carried out by the University of Edinburgh and King's College London indicate that reading and intelligence quotient are directly related. After tests carried out with twins, they determined that reading improves verbal cognitive skills.
13. The ideal age to learn to read is 6-7 years old, according to science. At that age, the brain is ready to do this activity with fluency and pleasure.
14. The longest book in the world is In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust, with more than 3,000 pages and 1.2 million words.
15. The best-selling book in the world is the Bible, with more than 5 billion copies distributed.
16. The most stolen book in the world is the Guinness Book of Records. That is a record!
17. The University of Liverpool concluded, after surveying 4,000 people, that those who are happier, or who are less stressed, are the readers. In conclusion, reading makes you happier!
18. One of the most expensive books in the world is the Codex Leicester by Leonardo da Vinci, which was bought by Bill Gates for almost 26 million euros. How expensive!
19. According to a study by Yale University, after studying more than 3,500 people aged over 50, those who read at least 30 minutes a day lived, on average, about 23 months longer. Amazing!
20. According to a 2006 UNESCO study, at that time more than 132 million young people were illiterate and would continue to be so for the rest of their lives.