The drawings are loose and lively, and with few lines, he makes his characters effectively emote. These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes.'- Publishers Weekly, starred review - Publisher's Weekly 'Jeffers delivers energetic and playful illustrations. elevates crayon drawing to remarkable heights.' - Booklist 'Fresh and funny.' - The Wall Street Journal 'This book will have children asking to have it read again and again.' - Library Media Connection * 'This colorful title should make for an uproarious storytime.' - School Library Journal, starred review * 'These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'Utterly original.' - San Francisco ChronicleĪ Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2013!, Goodreads' 2013 Picture Book of the Year!, Goodreads' 2013 Picture Book of the Year! Amazon's Best Picture Book of the Year! A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2013! * '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'). Move over, Click, Clack, Moo we've got a new contender for the most successful picture-book strike.' - BCCB, starred review 'Jeffers. Praise for The Day the Crayons Quit Amazon's 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2013 Goodreads' 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year Winner of the E.B.

This story is perfect as a back-to-school gift, for all budding artists, for fans of humorous books such as Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith, and for fans of Oliver Jeffers' Stuck, The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Lost and Found, and This Moose Belongs to Me. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best? Kids will be imagining their own humorous conversations with crayons and coloring a blue streak after sharing laughs with Drew Daywalt and New York Times bestseller Oliver Jeffers.

And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking-each believes he is the true color of the sun. Blue needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water.

Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough They quit Beige Crayon is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown Crayon. The hilarious, colorful #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon that every kid wants Gift a copy to someone you love today.

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