Summary: When a little boy by the name of Duncan goes to use his crayons to color, he is surprised to find letters instead of his crayons in his crayon box. He starts to wonder what is going on and begins to start reading each letter from every color crayon.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The Horn Book guide rates this story with a 2, commenting on how all Duncan wants to do is color but his crayons had another idea; to go on strike. Also, the Horn Book guide mentions how Jeffers illustrations help the crayons messages written by Daywalt pop off the page and come alive for the reader. In addition, Kirkus reviews the book with a great storyline and how Jeffers illustrations help the letters come alive using pencils, crayons, and paint to create the illustrations. This story has received a variety of awards such as the E. B. White Read Aloud Award, 2014.
Review by Jessica Rodriguez: I find this book to be phenomenon. I think this book is so interesting and relatable for young children. It goes through the feelings that every crayon has and why they feel that way. Some crayons are happy and others are not, such as "Blue needs a break". The story is so easy for young children to follow and understand the concept of feelings that others have.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- This story can be helpful in a mini lesson on teaching basics of writing a letter to someone with having "dear" and a ending signature such as "you very stubby friend, the blue crayon".
- Also, this can be a good discussion of feelings and how everyone has feelings and should be able to express them in some way such as writing, pictures, or talking with others.
- Ideal for grades K through 3rd.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The Horn Book guide rates this story with a 2, commenting on how all Duncan wants to do is color but his crayons had another idea; to go on strike. Also, the Horn Book guide mentions how Jeffers illustrations help the crayons messages written by Daywalt pop off the page and come alive for the reader. In addition, Kirkus reviews the book with a great storyline and how Jeffers illustrations help the letters come alive using pencils, crayons, and paint to create the illustrations. This story has received a variety of awards such as the E. B. White Read Aloud Award, 2014.
Review by Jessica Rodriguez: I find this book to be phenomenon. I think this book is so interesting and relatable for young children. It goes through the feelings that every crayon has and why they feel that way. Some crayons are happy and others are not, such as "Blue needs a break". The story is so easy for young children to follow and understand the concept of feelings that others have.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- This story can be helpful in a mini lesson on teaching basics of writing a letter to someone with having "dear" and a ending signature such as "you very stubby friend, the blue crayon".
- Also, this can be a good discussion of feelings and how everyone has feelings and should be able to express them in some way such as writing, pictures, or talking with others.
- Ideal for grades K through 3rd.