The Day The Crayons Quit

Daywalt, D. (2013). The Day the Crayons Quit. New York, NY: Penguin Young Readers.

Duncan's crayons have had enough! They are tired of being used up and not having their feelings considered.  Red feels overused. Beige feels like he is never used to color anything worthwhile. Blue is worn down. What is a boy to do? The final page lets us see Duncan used the crayons to color an unconventional picture. The green was used for water. The pink made a dinosaur. The sky was a bright yellow.  Duncan showed that art doesn't have to follow rules.

Every time I would read this I would think the author must have been sitting around and saw a crayon just laying around and wondered what it would do if it could talk.  He came up with a great conversation for the crayons. It is a great book to read to young readers. The story is great but the pictures of the crayons as little people are bound to please too.