I've enjoyed the humorous comments about the coloring books, now for a real
answer: there were two different Andy Griffith Show coloring books produced,
both by Whitman, around 1961. One was about a centimeter thick, bore a cover
price of 50 cents, and had a blue cover with Opie holding baseball equipment.
The other was much thinner, like a typical comic book, with a 10 cent price and
a yellow cover which showed Opie sitting on a barstool with an ice cream soda
in front of him. I have heard that the one with the blue cover exists in a
"thin" version but I've never seen one.
The thin book contained only Mayberry pictures, and the thick version had all
of the same pages, plus many more generic coloring book pages. Both are quite
rare today; if you can find one that hasn't been colored in, expect to pay $150
or more, possibly much more. I personally have one of the yellow ones that is
in absolutely perfect mint condition, I've had it professionally framed and it
is sitting on top of my old piano. Should you search eBay or the Internet for
these books, BEWARE, there are reprints out there of the yellow one, and it's
hard to tell them from the originals. I think I might have an extra blue one
around here someplace, if someone is interested send me an email.
As far as coloring pages go, you should be able to find some online by doing a
Google search for "Andy Griffith coloring pages." Any that you find will be
scans from these 1961 books.
--Paul Mulik
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