Things that are colored in by other colors, all of which think they’re brighter than me. I hate being used to draw the outline of things. I’m only used to color snow or to fill in empty space between other things and it leaves me feeling, well, empty. If I didn’t have a black outline, you wouldn’t even know I was there. Your very tired friend, Gray Crayon.ĭear Duncan, you color with me, but why? Most of the time I’m the same color as the page you’re using me on, white. Baby penguins are great, you know, so are very tiny rocks, pebbles, how about one of those once in a while? It could be a break. You know how tired I am after handling one of those big things? Such big animals. And don’t even get me started on you’re rhinos, hippos, and humpback whales.
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. Let’s be honest, when was the last time you saw a kid excited about coloring wheat? Your beige friend, Beige Crayon.ĭuncan, Gray Crayon here, you’re killing me. It’s not fair that brown gets all the bears, ponies, puppies while the only things I get are turkey dinners if I’m lucky, and wheat. I’m also tired of being second place to Mr. Your very neat friend, Purple Crayon.ĭear Duncan, I’m tired of being called light brown or dark tan because I am neither. If you don’t start coloring inside the lines soon, I’m going to completely lose it. You’re overworked friend, Red Crayon.ĭear Duncan, all right, listen, I love that I’m your favorite crayon for grapes and dragons and wizards’ hats but it makes me crazy that so much of my gorgeous color goes outside of lines. I have to color all the Santas at Christmas and all the hearts on Valentine’s Day. All year long I wear myself out coloring fire engines, apples, strawberries, and everything else that’s red. You make me work harder than any of your other crayons. Hey, Duncan, it’s me, Red Crayon, we need to talk. One day in class, Duncan went to take out his crayons and found a stack of letters with his name on them. But when he begins his box of crayons, he sees only letters, all telling the same thing: We quit! The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and supported by Arty Crafty Kids book club craft and enterprises for kids.ĭuncan wants to color. The book is about crayons scattered throughout the world and in the home of a boy named Duncan, and how they interact with him through letters.
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.The Day the Crayons Quit.This book was written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. 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. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best? 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. Crayons have feelings, too, in this funny back-to-school story - now a #1 New York Times bestseller!
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