The author

Leo Melven

Creator of Meowelo

Leo Melven is the pen name of the creator of Meowelo, an imaginative world where little adventures make room for big feelings. With a background in graphic design, Leo brings together illustrated storytelling and coloring activities to encourage curiosity, creativity, and conversations about emotions. The Little Adventures, Big Feelings series begins with Lunai and the Quiet Moon. Discover the world of Meowelo and its creative activities at meowelo.com.

  • Leo Melven is a pen name: the name the creator of Meowelo writes under
  • Creator of the Meowelo world and its seven friends
  • Author of the Little Adventures, Big Feelings series
  • Background in graphic design
  • Answers parents’ questions on Quora
Leo Melven seen from behind in a black T-shirt, coloring a Meowelo page at his computer at night, with Lunai in his blue hoodie sitting on the desk beside him. Colored-pencil drawing.

How the books work

Story first, then color

Every Meowelo book pairs a short story moment, just a few sentences long, with the same scene drawn to color. Children read the moment, notice what is happening in the scene, then color the full-page picture in their own way.

Feelings turn up inside the adventures, the way they do in real life: curiosity on a rainy night, impatience in a garden, a plan that changes with the weather. Nobody stops the story to explain them. The books are made for reading, creativity and fun, and they are not a substitute for professional care.

The series

Little Adventures, Big Feelings

A planned series of twelve story-and-coloring books with Lunai and six friends, for ages 6–12. It begins with Lunai and the Quiet Moon In preparation.

Explore Meowelo

Read how Meowelo began, or print a free story-and-coloring page tonight.