The hilarious Crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit are back for another adventure—and this time they explore Duncan's room. Will they want to leave the crayon box for good after they make new friends?
Duncan’s crayons just can’t seem to stay put!
After convincing one group of crayons to go back to work after they wanted to quit and rescuing another group who got lost in the most inconvenient places, Duncan’s crayons have disappeared once more.
But this time they’ve gone out into his room to make friends. From Red Crayon who fulfills his dream of driving a firetruck, to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head, to fan favorite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they’ve met and the new adventures they’ve had.
The #1 New York Times bestselling team behind the international Crayons sensation have come together to create another clever and hilarious tale that will keep children—and grown-ups—laughing.---from the publisher
40 pages 978-0593622360 Ages 4-8
Keywords: adventures, new experiences, toys, trying new things, friends, helping others, humor, fun, part of a series, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old
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Duncan’s crayons just can’t seem to stay put!
After convincing one group of crayons to go back to work after they wanted to quit and rescuing another group who got lost in the most inconvenient places, Duncan’s crayons have disappeared once more. He is devastated but then he starts receiving letters from them - from his bedroom!
They’ve gone there to make friends. From Red Crayon, who fulfils his dream of driving a fire engine, to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head, to fan favourite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they’ve met, the strange places they've found them and the new adventures they’ve had. Who knew there could be such fun in one little boy's bedroom!
This is the latest in this hugely popular series that is ideal for this year's Book Week theme as little ones could imagine the friends the crayons could make as they match crayons, toys and colours, and the adventures they could have in their own bedrooms, as well as for staff looking for a unifying theme for the dress-up parade.
Continuing the tradition, each letter is written ‘by’ a crayon using a font that might make this story difficult for the emerging reader to read alone, but it is a perfect read-aloud for many ages! Jeffers’ illustrations have an authenticity about them – they look like they have been drawn and coloured by young children and the credits suggest that there has been significant input, either physical or intellectual, from them. This provides another level to the book – my experience is that children start to believe that their drawings are not worthy because they don’t have the realism they see around them or the professionalism of book illustrators, so seeing pictures that look just like theirs in such a popular book validates their efforts and hopefully encourages them to keep drawing.
Every time I donate a "crayons book" to the local preschool where I volunteer, it is greeted with joy and enthusiasm - and this will be no different.
This review can also be found here.
Recommended by: Barbara Braxton, Teacher Librarian, New South Wales AUSTRALIA
See more of her recommendations:
500 Hats http://500hats.edublogs.org/
The Bottom Shelf http://thebottomshelf.edublogs.org/
