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The Day the Crayons Quit
Author:
Daywalt, Drew
Illustrator:
Jeffers, Oliver
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Class:
Easy
Age: 3-6
Language: English
Descriptors: Picture Book
Demand: High
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LC: PZ7
Grade: P-1
Print Run: 200000
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ISBN-13: 9780399255373
LCCN: 2012030384
Imprint: Philomel
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Pub Date: 06/27/2013
Availability: Available
List: $17.99
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Hardcover Reinforced
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Physical Description:
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
H 10.25",
W 10.44",
D 0.38",
1.1 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Children's Core Collection, 22nd ed.
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Children's Core Collection, 24th ed.
Nevada Young Readers' Award Winners
New York Times Bestsellers List
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Starred Reviews:
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Publishers Weekly
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TIPS Subjects:
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School Stories
Concept Books
Humorous Fiction
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BISAC Subjects: |
JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Colors
JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
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LC Subjects:
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Color, Fiction
Crayons, Fiction
Letters, Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Color, Fiction
Crayons, Fiction
Letters, Fiction
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Accelerated Reader Level:
3.8
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Points: 0.5
Lexile Level:
730
Reading Counts Level:
3.5
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Points: 1.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles | 06/01/2013 |
| These crayons have had enough. Orange and Yellow are fighting over which one is the true color of the sun, and Blue ready for a break after coloring so many bodies of water. Can Duncan find a way to get his crayons back to work so the boy can color again? 40pp., Color Ill. |
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| Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books | 09/01/2013 |
| R. 6-9 yrs. "One day in class, Duncan went to take out his crayons and found a stack of letters with his name on them." What follows is a hilarious epistolary tale wherein each crayon, in childlike printing on lined paper, shares something with Duncan. Some feel overworked ("Gray crayon here. You're KILLING ME! I know you love Elephants. And I know that elephants are gray . . . but that's a LOT of space to color in all by myself"), some feel underappreciated (writes Beige Crayon, "The only things I get are turkey dinners (if I'm lucky) and wheat, and let's be honest-when was the last time you saw a kid excited about coloring wheat?"). Some crayons are caught up in disputes (Orange Crayon and Yellow Crayon both insist they are the true color of the sun, as evidenced by pages from coloring books that Duncan completed), while others have entirely unique issues ("It's me, peach crayon. Why did you peel off my paper wrapping?? Now I'm NAKED and too embarrassed to leave the crayon box"). Each spread includes a reproduction of the actual letter (written in crayon, of course) on the verso, facing an appropriate composition such as a childlike crayon drawing or a colored-in page from a coloring book. The crayons themselves, with deceptively simple line and dot faces, are rich in emotion and character, and it's entertaining to consider each crayon's representation in light of the voice in its letter. While potential lessons in inference, point of view, and persuasive writing abound in the crayons' letters, this is guaranteed to see just as much use for being just plain fun. Move over, Click, Clack, Moo (BCCB 9/00); we've got a new contender for most successful picture-book strike. HM. 40p. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, c2013. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 04/15/2013 |
| Ages 3-7. Although the crayons in this inventive catalogue stop short of quitting, most feel disgruntled. The rank and file express their views in letters written to a boy, Duncan. Red complains of having to "work harder than any of your other crayons" on fire trucks and Santas; a beige crayon declares, "I'm tired of being called 'light brown' or 'dark tan' because I am neither." White feels "empty" from Duncan's white-on-white coloring, and a "naked" Peach wails, "Why did you peel off my paper wrapping?" Making a noteworthy debut, Daywalt composes droll missives that express aggravation and aim to persuade, while Jeffers's (This Moose Belongs to Me) crayoned images underscore the waxy cylinders' sentiments: each spread features a facsimile of a letter scrawled, naturally, in the crayon's hue; a facing illustration evidences how Duncan uses the crayon, as in a picture of a giant elephant, rhino, and hippo (Gray laments, "That's a lot of space to color in all by myself"). These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes. Author's agent: Jeff Dwyer, Dwyer & O'Grady. (June). 40p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2013. |
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| School Library Journal | 07/01/2013 |
| K-Gr 2. In this delightfully imaginative take on a beloved childhood activity, a young boy's crayons have had enough. Fed up with their workload and eager to voice their grievances, they pen letters to Duncan detailing their frustrations. Energetic and off-the-wall, the complaints are always wildly funny, from the neurotically neat Purple ("If you DON'T START COLORING INSIDE the lines soon... I'm going to COMPLETELY LOSE IT") to the underappreciated White ("If I didn't have a black outline, you wouldn't even know I was THERE!"). Daywalt has an instinctive understanding of the kind of humor that will resonate with young children, such as Orange and Yellow duking it out over which of them represents the true color of the sun or Peach's lament that ever since its wrapper has fallen off, it feels naked. Though Jeffers's messily scrawled crayon illustrations are appropriately childlike, they're also infused with a sophisticated wit that perfectly accompanies the laugh-out-loud text; for example, a letter from Beige, in which he bemoans being tasked with drawing dull items like turkey dinners, is paired with an image of the crestfallen crayon drooping over beside a blade of wheat. Later on, Pink grumbles about constantly being passed over for less-feminine colors while the opposite page depicts a discomfited-looking pink monster and cowboy being derided by a similarly hued dinosaur. This colorful title should make for an uproarious storytime and may even inspire some equally creative art projects.--Mahnaz Dar, Library Journal. Amy Holland. 32p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2013. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| BookPage | 07/01/2013 |
| Ages 3-7. Poor Duncan. He heads for his crayons one day in class, only to find a stack of letters waiting. He simply wants to color, but instead he has 12 manifestos to read. Little did Duncan know his crayons are beleaguered, bitter and beset with all sorts of headaches. Purple is about to lose it and would like Duncan to color inside the lines. Black is tired of being used merely for the outlines of things ("how about a BLACK beach ball some time?"), and Pink is tired of limitations (why not a pink dinosaur or cowboy?). Peach wraps it all up with a confession: Since Duncan peeled his paper off, he's naked and too humiliated to leave the box. There's much more from the poor, persecuted pieces of wax in author Drew Daywalt's clever picture book debut, The Day the Crayons Quit. Each spread shows a crayon's protest letter on the left and the pontificating crayon on the right. The crayons use Duncan's drawings to prove their points: Beige wilts in front of a piece of wheat, one of only two things he draws, since Mr. Brown Crayon gets all the fun stuff. In the funniest spread, White Crayon, who feels empty, demonstrates Duncan's "white cat in the snow," just two eyes, a mouth, a nose and whiskers in an empty white space. There's a lot of humor in Oliver Jeffers' relaxed, naif illustrations, made to look like a child's artwork: a pink monster; Santa Claus on a red fire truck (Red Crayon is tired of working, even on holidays!); and the triumphant, colorful final spread, in which Duncan attempts a piece of art to make all the crayons happy. Sure to draw in young readers (the crayons demanded I use that pun), this entertaining set of monologues will also tickle their funny bones. Julie Danielson. 40pg. BOOKPAGE, c2013. |
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| Booklist | 07/01/2013 |
| Grades K-3. Duncan's crayons are on strike. One morning he opens his desk looking for them and, in their place, finds a pack of letters detailing their grievances, one crayon at a time. Red is tired. Beige is bored. Black is misunderstood. Peach is naked! The conceit is an enticing one, and although the crayons' complaints are not entirely unique (a preponderance centers around some variation of overuse), the artist's indelible characterization contributes significant charm. Indeed, Jeffers' ability to communicate emotion in simple gestures, even on a skinny cylinder of wax, elevates crayon drawing to remarkable heights. First-class bookmaking, with clean design, ample trim size, and substantial paper stock, adds to the quality feel. A final spread sees all things right, as Duncan fills a page with bright, delightful imagery, addressing each of the crayons' issues and forcing them into colorful cooperation. Kids who already attribute feelings to their playthings will never look at crayons the same way again. Barthelmess, Thom. 40p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013. |
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| Horn Book | 11/01/2013 |
| Primary. All Duncan wants to do is color, but when he opens his box of crayons, he finds himself in the midst of a bitter labor dispute. The crayons have gone on strike, and they've left Duncan a pile of letters listing their grievances. From undervalued beige and pink to overworked red and blue, each crayon's letter clearly states a specific request for a change in working conditions. Even the green crayon, who has no complaints on its own behalf, explains that both yellow and orange, who are no longer speaking to each other, feel they should be the color of the sun. ("Please settle this soon because they're driving the rest of us crazy!") As drama unfolds among the colors, Jeffers's spare crayon illustrations pop off the white background, adding movement and momentum to the imaginative narrative. The personified crayons express such emotion in so few crude strokes, particularly the discouraged beige crayon with its furrowed brow and slumped shoulders, standing forlorn next to a single sprig of wheat (the only thing Duncan uses beige for besides turkey dinners). Photographs of the handwritten letters and coloring book pages establish verisimilitude in an otherwise outrageous premise, which amplifies the comedy. The vibrant final spread addressing each color's concerns leaves all parties with an amicable resolution and readers with a sense of satisfaction. shara l. hardeson. 40pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2013. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2014 |
| 2. All Duncan wants to do is color, but the crayons have gone on strike, and they've left Duncan a pile of letters listing their grievances. As the drama unfolds, Jeffers's spare crayon illustrations pop off the white background, adding movement and momentum to the imaginative narrative. The vibrant final spread addressing each color's concerns leaves all parties with an amicable resolution. slh. 40pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 05/01/2013 |
| Duncan wants to draw, but instead of crayons, he finds a stack of letters listing the crayons' demands in this humorous tale. Red is overworked, laboring even on holidays. Gray is exhausted from coloring expansive spaces (elephants, rhinos and whales). Black wants to be considered a color-in color, and Peach? He's naked without his wrapper! This anthropomorphized lot amicably requests workplace changes in hand-lettered writing, explaining their work stoppage to a surprised Duncan. Some are tired, others underutilized, while a few want official titles. With a little creativity and a lot of color, Duncan saves the day. Jeffers delivers energetic and playful illustrations, done in pencil, paint and crayon. The drawings are loose and lively, and with few lines, he makes his characters effectively emote. Clever spreads, such as Duncan's "white cat in the snow" perfectly capture the crayons' conundrum, and photographic representations of both the letters and coloring pages offer another layer of texture, lending to the tale's overall believability. A comical, fresh look at crayons and color. (Picture book. 3-7). 40pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2013. |
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| New York Times Book Review | 08/25/2013 |
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