| 1970— |
Antique Automobiles, the first coloring book aimed at adults, is published. |
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| 1971— |
Adult coloring books flourish, and we publish American Wild Flowers, The Illuminated Alphabet, Edward Lear, Middles Ages and North American Indian Designs, (most of these still in print!). |
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| 1971— |
We also began publishing coloring books for children: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Aesop's Fables and Alice in Wonderland. |
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| 1972— |
Stained Glass Windows, our first Stained Glass coloring book, is published. |
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| 1979— |
Write Your Own Story Coloring Book, the first interactive coloring book, is published. |
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| 1982— |
Our Fairy Tale Hidden Picture Coloring Book was the first book to combine coloring and puzzles. |
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| 1982— |
Still popular today, the Human Anatomy Coloring Book was the first science coloring book. |
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| 1983— |
The First Cookbook for Children was praised for its educational qualities in addition to the hours of coloring entertainment it offered. |
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| 1986— |
Our first truly educational coloring book was released: Fun with Letters Coloring Book. |
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| 1992— |
We published the first coloring books to help teach foreign language vocabulary — Spanish Alphabet Coloring Book, French Alphabet Coloring Book. |
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| 1994— |
Our coloring books become translated into other languages. The first were all in Spanish — Cuento de Pedro, el Conejo (Peter Rabbit), Cascanueces ("The Nutcracker"), Sirenita ("The Little Mermaid") Belle Durmiente ("Sleeping Beauty"). |
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| 1996— |
Our Color Your Own Art Masterpieces series marked the first time well known fine art was licensed for use in coloring books. |
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| 1997— |
The first fashion coloring book was Tom Tierney's Civil War Fashions Coloring Book, which was published after seeing the popularity of similar books with uniforms and costumes. |
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| 1997— |
Coloring is not only creative, but it can reinforce concepts in an instructional guide. Ballet Class Coloring Book helped teach basic positions in ballet. |
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| 2002— |
We began focusing on an even younger audience when we released At the Zoo, the first of a series that was the first aimed at a pre-K to K audience. |
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| 2004— |
This year we partnered with the American Museum of Natural History to create the Exploring the American Museum of Natural History coloring book, our first museum collaboration. |
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| 2005— |
When we first released Country Scenes to Paint or Color it was a precursor to our Creative Haven® line — printed on one side only on heavier stock. |
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| 2010— |
Build a Poster Coloring Book--Farm & Zoo was our first poster book, where the pages can be taped together to make a larger scene. |
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| 2010— |
Dover published its first series of 3D coloring books, complete with 3D glasses. |
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| 2011— |
Build a Window Stained Glass Coloring Book took our popular Build a Poster concept, and adapted it for use in windows. |
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| 2012— |
Dover introduced Creative Haven®, today the most comprehensive line of coloring books for adults. |
