Welcome to Sleepy Hollow, a little town with big personalities, unusual businesses, family stories, and at least one rooster who seems to have an opinion about everything.
If you’re new to the Sleepy Hollow books, this is your town guide. Think of it as the local directory, except every character has an address, every neighborhood has a story, and nobody has to pretend they enjoy filling out paperwork at city hall.
There are 15 paperback books in the catalog, all priced at $9.99. You can begin with the first storybook, jump into the Fireside Collection, or head straight for the newspaper-style activity book. Each title stands on its own, so there’s no wrong door to knock on.
Visit the Sleepy Hollow Storybook Coloring Series on Amazon, or keep reading for the full map.
Where Sleepy Hollow came from
Sleepy Hollow began with a small tabletop publication called Granny’s Sleepy Hollow Rooster, created by Duane H. Cave’s father, Hardy Cave, who wrote under the pen name Robert Yance Newton.
Duane grew up with those stories, poems, characters, and bits of family imagination. Later, inspired by his hometown of St. Helens, Oregon, he began building Sleepy Hollow into something larger: a living town filled with neighbors, businesses, family connections, oddball adventures, and enough local lore to keep Mayor Maynot busy for years.
Rather than simply republishing his father’s work, Duane preserved its roots while expanding the world around it. Some books are colorful character adventures for children and families. Others bring Robert Yance Newton’s original writing back to the page. Together, they form a slightly peculiar, very heartfelt literary neighborhood.
So, let’s take the tour.
Series One: Sleepy Hollow Storybook Coloring Series
This six-book series is the main street of Sleepy Hollow.
Each volume introduces more people who call the town home, pairing short stories with black-and-white illustrations ready to color. The books are designed for children, families, classrooms, grandparents, and anyone who believes a quiet afternoon can be improved with crayons.
The books can be read in order, but they also work individually. Start with Granny and THE Rooster, meet the neighbors, learn who runs what, and gradually discover that Sleepy Hollow has more residents than anyone first suspected.
1. Welcome to Sleepy Hollow: Granny & THE Rooster
The first volume is the front gate.
Read or purchase Volume 1: Welcome to Sleepy Hollow
This is the best starting point for younger readers, especially ages 3–8. Readers meet Granny Newton, the warmhearted center of town, and Theodore Harvey Edison III, better known as THE Rooster.
Inside are easy-to-read stories, large coloring illustrations, and a gentle introduction to the people, animals, and imagination that make Sleepy Hollow feel like home.
If you only know one thing about the town at this point, know this: Granny welcomed an unusual little rooster into her life, and the rest of Sleepy Hollow followed along.
2. Adri and Chef Zzason
Volume 2 takes readers into the world of Adri, her diner, and several establishments that may require a second explanation.
Adri’s corner of town includes the Decontamination Chamber, the Sanditarium, and her diner. The Sanditarium, in particular, is an abandoned hospital transformed into an indoor beach, because apparently regular beaches were not ambitious enough.
Readers also meet Chef Zzason, Adri’s enthusiastic head chef, whose faux-French accent is nearly as memorable as his menu. Onion rings, hamburgers, French fries, sparkling drinks, and orange cream floats all make an appearance.
Bring your appetite. Possibly a towel.
3. Duane Newton and DC Driver
Volume 3 introduces two characters who approach the world from very different directions.
Duane Newton is a motivational speaker who travels the world helping people recognize their potential. When he returns to Sleepy Hollow, he takes readers along as he visits family members and introduces more hardworking residents.
Then there’s DC Driver, a longtime trucker who argues with road signs. “Keep Right Except to Pass”? “Game Crossing”? DC has thoughts. Usually several of them.
This volume includes humorous scenes and full-page illustrations for children and adults to color.
4. Lincoln Lectic and Robert Yance Newton
Volume 4 brings together two generations of imagination.
Lincoln Lectic is a child who thinks he’s king, and, for at least part of the adventure, his imagination makes a convincing case.
Readers also meet Robert Yance Newton, a farmer, dreamer, and storyteller who turns a trip to buy a milk cow into a rhyming adventure filled with determination, trouble, and laughter.
This is a good volume for readers who enjoy family stories, playful rhymes, and the idea that an ordinary errand can become a full-blown epic if you tell it properly.
5. Mayor Maynot’s Town Tour
Mayor Maynot steps into the guide’s seat for Volume 5.
This book serves as a character guide to Sleepy Hollow, introducing familiar faces along with police officers, business owners, town officials, craftspeople, and other residents.
Each character receives a coloring page with details about who they are, what they do, where they can be found, their family connections, and when they first appeared in the series.
Think of it as the town directory, only more colorful and considerably less likely to include a photocopied parking ordinance.
6. Meet 23 Sleepy Hollow Residents
Volume 6 expands the directory even further.
Readers meet 23 residents, including Chip Mills, Anita Wait, Addison Marcus, C.T. Brownlow, Stormy Gale, Fire Chief Blaze Inferno, and many more familiar faces from the growing town.
This volume works especially well for readers who want to explore Sleepy Hollow as a whole. It is part coloring adventure, part character guide, and part answer to the question, “Who exactly lives here?”
Series Two: Robert Yance Newton’s Fireside Collection
The Fireside Collection is where the family roots of Sleepy Hollow come into focus.
Written by Hardy Cave under the pen name Robert Yance Newton and illustrated by Duane H. Cave, these books preserve original stories and poems to read and color. They are funny, homespun, occasionally surprising, and filled with the kind of details that only come from a life actually lived.
Explore the Fireside Collection on Amazon
7. “Crazy the Hog” and “Mrs. Zimm”
Read or purchase Fireside Collection Book 1
Meet Crazy, a 600-pound Yorkshire hog with the temperament of a tornado, and Mrs. Zimm, a retired Pony Express rider with a faithful old horse.
It’s an introduction to Robert’s storytelling voice and the unusual characters who helped inspire the roots of Sleepy Hollow.
8. “Homer Brown” and “Buster”
Read or purchase Fireside Collection Book 2
“Homer Brown” follows a young Robert as he learns a painful, and humorous, lesson after challenging the meanest man around.
“Buster” recalls a faithful old hound whose hunt takes an unexpected turn. Both stories combine memory, humor, and the slightly exaggerated energy of a good story told more than once.
9. “Trade: My First Horse” and “Ode to the Working Class”
Read or purchase Fireside Collection Book 3
In “Trade: My First Horse,” Robert remembers a fourteen-year-old Appaloosa mare with one blind eye, worn-out teeth, and enough personality to outsmart him.
“Ode to the Working Class” offers a good-natured look at work, rest, weekends, and the people who understand what a full day’s labor really means.
10. “Houndman’s Lament”
Read or purchase Fireside Collection Book 4
A hunter pays $2,000 for what he is promised will be the finest bear dog around. When the expensive hound finally gets a chance to prove itself, things do not go exactly as planned.
“Houndman’s Lament” is a funny, rhyming story about expectations, disappointment, and the dangers of believing a confident salesperson.
11. “Couzin Strawberry’s Girl” and “The Waitress”
Read or purchase Fireside Collection Book 5
These two poems offer a playful look at beauty, first impressions, working life, and the waitresses who kept Robert supplied with coffee while he wrote.
It’s a fitting close to the five-book collection: warm, funny, and rooted in the everyday people who fill a storyteller’s memory.
Series Three: Granny's Sleepy Hollow Rooster — The Hollow News
This three-book series is Sleepy Hollow’s own newspaper-style read, color, and activity collection, reported by THE Rooster and his newsroom.
Explore The Hollow News series on Amazon
Each issue includes four illustrated Hollow News stories, four full-page coloring scenes, fake ads from Sleepy Hollow businesses, the Hollow Classifieds, a community bulletin board, a maze, word search, unscramble, picture puzzle, and the Junior Hollow Reporter activity.
“If it happens in the Hollow, you'll hear it from THE Town Crower!”
12. Granny’s Sleepy Hollow Rooster: Issue No. 1, The Hollow News
In this first issue, Hopes & Dreams leave Sleepy Hollow, a meteorite nearly destroys Life (or did it?), the Hog Calling Contest returns, and Ray Dient interviews the Lie Master.
It feels like a visit to town hall, the local newspaper office, and a coloring table all at once.
13. Granny’s Sleepy Hollow Rooster: Issue No. 2, The Hollow News
Issue No. 2 features Mayor Maynot issuing a citywide burn ban, Granny learning that buying a new automobile isn’t as easy as it sounds, a Fellon opening a business, and Ray Dient meeting a man who uses his own body instead of a measuring tape.
14. Granny’s Sleepy Hollow Rooster: Issue No. 3, The Hollow News
Issue No. 3 reports that Sleepy Hollow remains crime free, follows two reporters who reveal more about themselves than expected, and introduces one resident who proves that once his mind is made up, changing it may be impossible.
Standalone title
Not every Sleepy Hollow book needs a whole series wrapped around it. One title stands on its own just fine.
15. Robert Yance Newton’s Fireside Stories
Read or purchase Robert Yance Newton’s Fireside Stories
A Tribute to My Dad’s Original Stories & Poems gathers the spirit of Robert Yance Newton’s writing into a single tribute edition.
It is a natural choice for readers who want to understand the family storytelling tradition behind Sleepy Hollow and see how Duane carried that tradition forward.
Where should you start?
If you’re shopping for a young reader, begin with Volume 1, where Granny and THE Rooster open the gate.
If you like memorable characters and small-town humor, try Volume 3 with Duane Newton and DC Driver.
If you enjoy family history, original poetry, and stories told around a kitchen table, or a fireside, start with Robert Yance Newton’s Fireside Collection.
And if puzzles, pretend advertisements, and local newspaper nonsense sound like a good afternoon, pick up The Hollow News three-issue series.
There is no required route through Sleepy Hollow. Every book has its own front door.
For the complete catalog, visit Duane H. Cave’s Amazon author page.
Come on in. The folks are expecting you.
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