Fun Screen-Free Activity Books for Curious Kids
Help your child take a break from phones, tablets, and TV with playful books designed to build focus, creativity, confidence, and problem-solving skills. Join Izzy & Marleigh for colorful adventures through puzzles, word searches, sudoku, coloring pages, travel activities, and brain-boosting fun made just for kids.
Need a Better Break From Screens?
Phones and tablets are easy entertainment, but kids also need hands-on activities that help them slow down, think, create, and stay engaged without a glowing screen.
Izzy & Marleigh books give families a simple way to make quiet time, road trips, homeschool breaks, classroom activities, and rainy afternoons more meaningful.
These books are fun first, but they also help children practice important skills while they play.
Books That Feel Like Play, But Build Real Skills
Every Izzy & Marleigh activity book is designed to keep kids interested while helping them use their imagination and strengthen everyday thinking skills.
Children can solve puzzles, search for words, complete sudoku challenges, color creative pages, follow travel-themed activities, and enjoy friendly adventures with Izzy the cat and Marleigh the dog.
The goal is simple: less screen scrolling, more thinking, creating, and discovering.
Meet the Author
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Kyle is an aerospace engineer with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in engineering, and has worked in the field since 2000. As a former NASA astronaut instructor and US Army rotorcraft acquisition professional, he has spent years breaking down complex ideas into clear, practical lessons people can understand and use.
He has also tutored numerous children in math, helping them build confidence, problem-solving skills, and the belief that they are capable of learning hard things. Kyle believes every child can grow smarter, more focused, and more confident when learning feels fun, encouraging, and achievable.
As a published and award-winning photographer, Kyle also brings creativity and visual storytelling into his books. Through Izzy & Marleigh, he combines logic, imagination, puzzles, coloring, and playful learning to help kids enjoy screen-free activities that strengthen their minds while having fun.
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Izzy and Marleigh are characters based on Kyle’s real life pets. Izzy is a cantankerous white persian and Marleigh is a loving yellow lab.