Title: The Day the Crayons Quit
Author: Drew Daywalt
Artist: Oliver Jeffers
Author: Drew Daywalt
Artist: Oliver Jeffers
Genre: Art / Protest / Humor
Year Published: 2013
Year Read: 2015
Publisher: Philomel Books
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Nothing Objectionable)
Now, I have been looking around for some picture books that
were heavily raved about by various readers and I just happened to stumble upon
this unique book called “The Day the
Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywalt
along with illustrations by Oliver
Jeffers. Honestly, this book was
truly creative and interesting to read all the way through!
One day in class, Duncan decided to take out his crayons to
start drawing a picture when he suddenly got a stack of letters that were all
address to him. When Duncan started
reading the letters, he realized that all of his crayons were complaining to
him about either how little he uses them or how much he uses them for his
drawings and that they want to be treated better.
How can Duncan make the crayons feel better?
Read this book to find out!
I have to say that this book was pretty interesting for a
book about crayons and I really loved the way that Drew Daywalt wrote the story as the story is told mostly through
the letters written by the crayons and how they are complaining to Duncan, the
little boy, about how they are not treated fairly and that they want to be used
a bit better whenever Duncan does his drawings.
I also loved the fact that we actually have a children’s story that has
the characters actually protesting against being treated unfairly and yet, make
that into a fun experience for small children who enjoy drawing things with
their crayons. That aspect of the book
makes the story extremely interesting and creative to read and I think that
this book would help children be more creative with their own ideas on either
writing stories or drawing pictures. Oliver Jeffers’ artwork is truly
creative and cute to look at, especially of the various drawings done by the
crayons as they look extremely childlike and yet they express the concerns that
the crayons have with Duncan, such as the image of the Gray Crayon being upset
at having to draw large animals like elephants, rhinoceroses and humpback
whales and you can see the large childlike drawings of those animals at the
right side of the page, while the gray crayon looks small and frightened by
these animals.
The reason why I gave this book a four star rating was
because even though the story was pretty interesting, the letters that the
crayons wrote to Duncan tend to be extremely long and it made me a bit
frustrated since I think that the humor in the letters still would have been
there, if they were to shorten the letters down to a few sentences and still
get the crayons’ points across.
Overall, “The Day the
Crayons Quit” is an extremely interesting and creative story about how
children can use their imaginations to create something gorgeous and creative
for their artwork! I would recommend
this book to children ages five and up since the Crayons’ letters might be a
bit too long for smaller children.
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