A book-loving leprechaun is your ticket to a special kind of gold — a gift certificate! (Don’t download this image, click on the PDF link at left.)

The York Emporium is holding a coloring contest. Winners earn a spot on The York Emporium’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade float and a gift certificate to the famous York City bookstores Get all the details in the PDF you can download here.

If you don’t want to print out your own copies, just visit The York Emporium, the Sunrise Soap Company, YorkArts or Martin Library and get copies at one of those places.

The deadline for entry is Sunday, March 10, so get coloring!

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Since we knew there might be a few kids coming to visit today, we decided to make this  coloring page just for you.

(Of course, we’re also glad to have our regular fans here as well.)

Here at Junior Dispatch we have all sorts of fun things to do, including our big selection of coloring pages.

Most weekdays, we post at least one new video, up to three new cartoons and usually a news story or two. When March rolls around, we cover the Iditarod dog sled race. That coverage also features a read-along story. Last year we did a series on an arctic fox’s’ life in the Alaska and the year before, we learned about the dog known as Prince Jan. We also are host a great biography on Abraham Lincoln and an online cartooning course.

As for our rocket-riding raccoon, what sort of adventures can he get into? That’s up to you as you color him and his spaceship.

Is he on his way to explore a haunted asteroid? Or maybe flying off for lunch at the launch pad? Maybe he’s zipping away to conduct a science experiment.

As you color him, try to come up with a story about his life, write it down and then e-mail it to us.

Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here.

Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!

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In summer 2012, the Junior Dispatch, the York Emporium and the York County Libraries ran a contest where readers got to write about the space adventures of aliens. To go along with the competition, we also created a mascot for the event — this little alien!

Well, now you can add your own touches to our design by coloring the alien however you want. It can have green skin and purple eyes. Is the alien’s space suit pink or orange? It’s up to you to decide!

Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here.

Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!

Click on this picture for a printer-friendly image. When the image appears against a black background, click it again for a full-size version. Finally, when you print it, click on the “scale image to fit paper” in your printer settings.

Why not color it, have your parents take a picture of it or make a scan and send it back to us so we can post it for the whole world to see!

Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!

MORE HALLOWEEN COLORING PAGES

• Artist
• Cowboy
• Fairy 1
• Fairy 2
• Frankenstein
• Fireman
• Ice Skater
• Knight
• Martial Artist
• Mermaid
• Mummy


This pumpkin was colored by 8-year-old Emma.

• Pirate Ghost
• Pirate Girl
• Princess
• Rock star
• Scarecrow
• Scarecrow 2
• Vampire
• Werewolf
• Witch
• Witch 2

You can find even more coloring pages at our special coloring pages section!

Click on this picture for a printer-friendly image. When the image appears against a black background, click it again for a full-size version. Finally, when you print it, click on the “scale image to fit paper” in your printer settings.

Why not color it, have your parents take a picture of it or make a scan and send it back to us so we can post it for the whole world to see!

Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!

MORE HALLOWEEN COLORING PAGES

• Artist
• Cowboy
• Fairy 1
• Fairy 2
• Frankenstein
• Fireman
• Ice Skater
• Knight
• Martial Artist
• Mermaid
• Mummy
• Pirate Ghost
• Pirate Girl
• Princess
• Rock star


This mummy was colored by Gerald.

• Scarecrow
• Scarecrow 2
• Vampire
• Werewolf
• Witch
• Witch 2

You can find even more coloring pages at our special coloring pages section!

The mummy coloring page was created by Junior Dispatch editor John Simcoe. You can have him visit your classroom, youth group or scout meeting. Just contact us at juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com to set up an event.

Click on this picture for a printer-friendly image. When the image appears against a black background, click it again for a full-size version. Finally, when you print it, click on the “scale image to fit paper” in your printer settings.

Sure vampires are always pale looking, but this guy is a little too pale. Why don’t you get in the Halloween spirit and color the image?

If you color it, have your parents take a picture of it or make a scan and send it back to us so we can post it for the whole world to see!

Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!

MORE HALLOWEEN COLORING PAGES

• Artist
• Cowboy
• Fairy 1
• Fairy 2
• Frankenstein
• Fireman
• Ice Skater
• Knight
• Martial Artist
• Mermaid
• Pirate Ghost
• Pirate Girl
  

  This Dracula was colored by 8-year-old Emma.

• Princess
• Rock star
• Scarecrow
• Scarecrow 2
• Werewolf
• Witch
• Witch 2

You can find even more coloring pages at our special coloring pages section!

The vampire coloring page was created by Junior Dispatch editor John Simcoe. You can have him visit your classroom, youth group or scout meeting. Just contact us at juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com to set up an event.

Check out our latest batch of coloring pages completed by kids. If you want to send us a completed coloring page for the world to see, check out the submission information below.

This alien coloring page was completed by 5-year-old Nathan.

Azaria, age 10, gave this dragon a classic look.

Madison, age 10, put some light yellows and a splash of purple on this witch coloring page.

This moon coloring page is available from Dover Area Community Library. It was colored by Brock, age 8.

Molly colored this horse jumper with a cool variety of colors to make a vibrant picture.

Eight-year-old Ryan gave the Junior Dispatch alien a nice look.

You can download and color our exclusive coloring pages here (including the dragon, the witch, and the horse rider).

Parents can then scan and e-mail the coloring pages and we will post them on Junior Dispatch. You can also drop off or mail your completed coloring pages or original poems, stories and reports to: Junior Dispatch, 205 N. George St., York, Pa. 17401.

Would you like the Junior Dispatch staff to come to your event, class or summer camp? Drop us a line and we’ll come and visit. We’ll bring a bunch of coloring pages, read a story, offer a drawing class and show off our site to your kids. Just e-mail us or call John at 717-854-1575 x457.

Here are some coloring pages that have been completed by Junior Dispatch readers. You can find these coloring pages, and many more, in our coloring pages section.

This dragon was colored by Kimahri, age 6. Great work!

This horse and rider was colored by Chloe. Nice selection of colors!

Katelyn, 5, made this moon into a blue moon. Looks great!

Krista gave this witch a masked look with her choice of colors. Cool!

This explorer worm was colored by Bryanna, 9. It's nice how his hat matches his backpack!

This alien was colored by 58-year-old Linda R. Yep, we even take coloring pages froom adults!

E-mail your completed coloring pages to juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com. Mail or drop them off at The Junior Dispatch, c/o The York Dispatch, 205 North George St., York, Pa. 17401

Here is another set of our completed coloring pages from kids who attended the York Libraries summer reading club kick-off event. The reading club is offering prizes to kids who read through the summer and also provides special activities at all the local libraries and in York County’s parks. Visit this site for more information on the club.

Tyler, age 7, gave this dragon a traditional look.

Shawn, 8, gave our alien mascot a t-shirt.

If you like this alien, then you should enter Junior Dispatch’s short story contest and tell us what this alien is up to.

Caleb colored his witch with a splash of rainbow colors.

Elijah colored this moon with a unique hat.

Mia, 4, turned her horse rider and horse a purple hue.

Lane colored his dragon a nice blue. Maybe it's a water dragon.

You can download and color our exclusive coloring pages here (including the dragon, the witch, the horse rider and the spaceship).

Parents can then scan and email the coloring pages and we will post them on Junior Dispatch. You can also drop off or mail your completed coloring pages or original poems, stories and reports to: Junior Dispatch, 205 N. George St., York, Pa. 17401.

Would you like the Junior Dispatch staff to come to your event, class or summer camp? Drop us a line and we’ll come and visit. We’ll bring a bunch of coloring pages, read a story, offer a drawing class and show off our site to your kids. Just e-mail us or call John at 717-854-1575 x457.

Kids had a ball at the Junior Dispatch table at the 2012 summer reading program kick-off event on Saturday. Do you want JD to visit your facility for a kids day? See below for details.

On Saturday, the Junior Dispatch staff participated in the 2012 kick-off event for the York Libraries and GO York summer program. We had a chance to chat on WJTL’s Kids Cookie Break program and visit with hundreds of kids.

We were there to promote Junior Dispatch’s short story contest and show off our site, but the kids really came for the coloring pages, and we collected a bunch of them to show here.

This is only the first of several batches of coloring pages, so keep coming back over the next few weeks to see yours. Feel free to submit more, and we will post them too.

Lelyn, age 5, colored our short-story contest mascot.

Angel, age 10, colored our satellite-retrieving space ship.

Se Quinna colored this bewitching image.

Mary Rose colored the Dover Area Community Library's coloring page. Wouldn't it be great if our moon had so many colors?

Jena, age 5, turned our horse rider into a lovely pink.

Leighton added some great colors to our fierce dragon.

Parents can then scan and e-mail the coloring pages and we will post them on Junior Dispatch. You can also drop off or mail your completed coloring pages or original poems, stories and reports to: Junior Dispatch, 205 N. George St., York, Pa. 17401.

Would you like the Junior Dispatch staff to come to your event, class or summer camp? Drop us a line and we’ll come and visit. We’ll bring a bunch of coloring pages, read a story, offer a drawing class and show off our site to your kids. Just e-mail us or call John at 717-854-1575 x457.

The votes are in! After a two-step selection process, the Junior Dispatch staff (which is really the staff of The York Dispatch) is ready to name the winners for our coloring contest.

Jordyn's winning entry in the coloring contest.

As first described in the contest rules, we were actually awarding two first prizes. Why? Because we had two amazingly cute stuffed animals to give away!

It’s a good thing that we did too, because out of the 60-plus entries, we ended up having a two-way tie for the top vote-getters.

The winners both submitted their entries through the York Jewish Community Center, and they are … (drum roll please!) …

• Lexi, age 8
• Jordyn, age 11

Congratulations to our two winners! We will be dropping those cute and adorable huskies off at the York JCC  in a few days.

See all the entries in this slideshow.

More prizes: All the entrants to our coloring contest earned one of our mammoth-sized Junior Dispatch water bottles. If you entered the coloring contest through the library, a class or a daycare, we’ll soon be bringing you and your classmates water bottles. If you entered through the mail or e-mailed us an entry, you can come to the York Dispatch offices (205 North George St. in York, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.)  and pick up a water bottle.

Lexi's winning entry in the coloring contest!

The details: The coloring contest was held in conjunction with our coverage of the 2012 Iditarod dog sled race and featured a scene inspired by our “Little White Fox” reading project.

The reading project features a kid-friendly story, videos, more coloring pages and other activities to promote reading.

You can learn more about the “Little White Fox” reading project here. Read our Iditarod coverage here.

How voting worked: After we collected all the 60-plus entries, we picked two staffers to each select their five favorites.

Then we posted the top ten entries and had all of our staffers vote for their three favorites.

The two coloring efforts by Jordyn and Lexi got the most votes and were declared the winners.

You can check out even more coloring pages here!

What’s next? We have a big contest planned for this summer. Keep an eye out for news on that coming soon!

You have a chance to win this stuffed animal when you submit your entry in the Junior Dispatch's coloring contest!

In conjunction with its Iditarod coverage and its “Little White Fox & His Arctic Friends” reading project, the Junior Dispatch is holding a coloring contest where you can win one of two soft and squishy stuffed animals — a pair of huskies. You’ll only win one of them for your coloring effort, but we assure they have more than enough cuddle.

THE RULES

Ages: This contest is open to kids ages 3 to 13.

Get the image: Here is a PDF of the image.  (Don’t try printing the JPG at right; the PDF will work much better!)

Color it: Color the image of the little fox meeting the seal, which is a scene from our current reading project. Although the fox in that story is called “Little White Fox,” you don’t have to color this fox white. You can color it with crayons, markers, colored pencils or anything else you like, including computerized coloring through programs such as PhotoShop.

Don’t forget: Include your name, age and a parent’s phone number so we can contact you.

Submit it: You can deliver it to the Junior Dispatch in a number of ways. Email a digital scan to juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com. Mail your entry to:

Junior Dispatch
c/o The York Dispatch
205 N. George St.
York, PA 17401

You can drop off entries at the same location.

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by Friday, March 23, 2012.

Prizes: Every submission earns a Junior Dispatch water bottle. The top two entries will win a stuffed animal husky dog

Notes: All decisions by the Junior Dispatch contest staff are final. Entries become the property of Junior Dispatch. Submission prizes (Junior Dispatch water bottles) must be picked up at the York Dispatch offices while supplies last, except bulk deliveries to classes or libraries. Submission prizes are only available while supplies last. Submissions will be judged on creativity and other factors. Only one entry per person.

Click on this PDF link  for a printer-friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!

By Olivia Tucker, 13, of Columbia, Lancaster County

to the Junior Dispatch

coloring contest

for a chance to win

a stuffed husky dog.

To enter, download your

copy of the coloring page

found on our site.

Just click on the

Little Fox poster or

the special projects link.

Please email your entry to juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com.

If you can’t scan and email your picture,

send it to:

By Claire, 7, of Dover

The entry deadline is March 23, 2012.

The “Little White Fox” story features animals encountering Omnok the Hunter more than once. While it’s not entirely clear, it sounds like he’s an Inuit who is hunting for fur and meat to keep his family warm and fed.

The coloring page at left is based on an old picture of an Inuit hunter from Canada. You can learn more about Canada’s native peoples here.

Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!

As part of our “Little White Fox & His Arctic Friends” reading project, we will be offering a few coloring pages.

This one features our little fox hero, dreaming about what he always dreams of — food!

You can read the “Little White Fox” story series here.

Also check out our coloring contest (using a different image) here!

Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!