Know someone who loves capybaras? Here are my favorite capybara gifts from the CapyFun bookshelf, from board books for new babies to cozy coloring books for grown-ups who need a calm moment.
1. Capy Holidays: Capybara Coloring Book
created and illustrated by Helen H. Wu; CapyFun, 2025
A cozy, calming coloring book full of holiday cheer and winter magic. Adorable capybaras sip cocoa by the fire, swap gifts, build snow-capy families and soak in the glow of winter lights.
2. Cozy Capy Cuddles Coloring: Kawaii Capybara Coloring Book
illustrated by Helen H. Wu; Walter Foster Publishing (Quarto), 2025
Relax, color, cuddle. This feel-good coloring book is packed with more than 60 cozy capybara illustrations: capybaras in a spring garden, taking a cool dip, snoozing in a hammock, trick-or-treating, building a snowman, or simply lounging like the chill icons they are.
3. Cozy Capy Love Coloring: Adorable Capybara Coloring Pages for Relaxation, Self-Care, and Love
illustrated by Helen H. Wu; Walter Foster Publishing (Quarto), 2026
A heart-melting follow-up to Cozy Capy Cuddles Coloring. These sweet capybara illustrations celebrate romantic love, friendship, family and self-care, from cuddly capy couples to cozy hangouts with friends.
4. Cozy Capy Nature Days Coloring: Adorable Capybara Coloring Pages for Relaxation, Outdoor Adventures, and Everyday Joy
illustrated by Helen H. Wu; Walter Foster Publishing (Quarto), coming 2026
Step outside and color your way to calm. Charming capybaras enjoy nature in all its simple beauty: quiet forest walks, lakeside lounging, garden harvests, picnics, campfires and star-filled nights.
5. Capybara Bubble Tea: A Coloring Book
created and illustrated by Helen H. Wu; CapyFun, 2025
A relaxing coloring escape with adorable capybaras and their love of bubble tea. Forty single-sided pages show capybaras sipping boba, enjoying everyday moments and soaking up life’s simple joys.
6. The Little Book of Capybara Self-Care
written and illustrated by Helen H. Wu; Greenfinch (Quercus, Hachette UK), 2026
Learn to slow down, switch off and chill like the internet’s most relaxed animal. From Helen H. Wu, creator of CapyFun, this little illustrated book takes its cue from the capybara, famous for warm baths, peaceful naps and making friends wherever it goes.
7. A Cup of Happy: Capybara Bubble Tea
written and illustrated by Helen H. Wu; CapyFun, 2025
Join Capy, Cali and Cavin, three curious capybara friends from the peaceful planet Capyzenia, on a whimsical adventure on Earth. In this heartwarming story full of cute, kawaii art, the friends set out to make their own bubble tea, learning through hands-on experiments and teamwork.
8. You Are Loved: A Capybara’s Welcome
written and illustrated by Helen H. Wu; CapyFun, 2026
A heartwarming ode to the love that surrounds us. Featuring a capybara parent and child, You Are Loved is a gentle, lyrical celebration of the bond between grown-ups and their little ones.
9. Capy in California: Little Moments in a Big World
written and illustrated by Helen H. Wu; CapyFun, coming 2027
See California through Capy Capybara’s eyes: big landscapes, iconic places, and little moments worth slowing down for. Capy travels from San Diego and Los Angeles up the Pacific Coast to Big Sur and San Francisco, then on to the redwoods, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe and the California desert.
10. Capybara Party
written and illustrated by Helen H. Wu; CapyFun, coming 2027
A party full of surprises, splashes and sweet friendship! The capybara friends are throwing the perfect pool party, and everything goes to plan, until it doesn’t. Balloons fly, lemonade spills and the floaty turns upside down.
You can find more CapyFun capybara books and free games at capyfun.com.
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- Capybara Books for Kids: Stories and Fun Facts
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