The Day the Crayons Came Home
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A colorfully creative sequel to the runaway hit The Day the Crayons Quit that’s “funnier than the creators’ original blockbuster” ( Parents ) ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, Parents, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly “Continues its predecessor’s pleasing, goofy conceit . . . Once again, both Daywalt’s text and Jeffers’ illustrations are endearing.” —New York Times Book Review Poor Duncan! His crayons sure are a colorful bunch of characters. In The Day the Crayons Quit , they threatened to walk off the job. Now, a whole new group of crayons have sent postcards asking to be rescued. From Maroon Crayon, who was lost beneath the sofa cushions and then broken in two after Dad sat on him; to poor Turquoise, who is stuck to one of Duncan’s stinky socks after they both ended up in the dryer together; to Pea Green, who knows darn well that no kid likes peas, each and every crayon has a woeful tale to tell and a plea to be brought home to the crayon box. With real glow-in-the-dark neon ink, Drew Daywalt’s laugh-out-loud text, and Oliver Jeffers’ signature illustrations , The Day the Crayons Came Home delivers yet another kid-friendly message of belonging, self-expression, and the power of empathy. Review: Great book - An amazing book. Great story and pictures! Kids will love it!! Review: Drew Daywalt Does It Again! - Drew Daywalt does it again! His latest book “The Day the Crayons Came Home” once more features Duncan and his very unusual, very verbose crayons. Humorous postcards, written by different, individual colors of crayon, will have you laughing aloud at their complaints, misadventures, and revelations. (Be sure to note the postcard’s description – when shown.) Since they are traveling a long distance to reach home or need assistance to leave, several of the crayons do send multiple postcards. With the exception of yellow and orange crayons, the colors in this book are different from those in the previous “The Day the Crayons Quit”. The humor in the postcard’s written text may be gentle, snarky, or it may be making a point about the featured crayon’s feelings. Every postcard is funny and fun to read. Oliver Jeffers’ illustrations – childlike crayon drawings and lettering – add significantly to the book’s appeal and highlight the dilemmas faced by each color. Younger readers may find the child-like lettering a bit difficult to decipher. On the other hand, they may be able to assist adult readers who are having difficulty reading the childlike printing. One of my favorite things about Drew Daywalt’s two books is that the crayons reflect both readers’ and listeners’ emotions. Duncan’s crayons do have very human feelings and reactions to the events in their lives. Those in “The Day the Crayons Quit” are more representative of adults and their workplace attitudes. In “The Day the Crayons Came Home”, the crayons express feelings that are more familiar to children – feeling forgotten, disliking their own name and wanting to change it, needing help to run away from home. “The Day the Crayons Quit” is one of my grandson’s favorite bedtime books. I am sure that “The Day the Crayons Came Home” will be, too. It is a fun-filled, funny book. It will engage and entertain both young readers and adults. I recommend you add this wonderful, imaginative book to your library.
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,924 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #167 in Fantasy for Children #343 in Children's Humor |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 6,426 Reviews |
J**R
Great book
An amazing book. Great story and pictures! Kids will love it!!
D**2
Drew Daywalt Does It Again!
Drew Daywalt does it again! His latest book “The Day the Crayons Came Home” once more features Duncan and his very unusual, very verbose crayons. Humorous postcards, written by different, individual colors of crayon, will have you laughing aloud at their complaints, misadventures, and revelations. (Be sure to note the postcard’s description – when shown.) Since they are traveling a long distance to reach home or need assistance to leave, several of the crayons do send multiple postcards. With the exception of yellow and orange crayons, the colors in this book are different from those in the previous “The Day the Crayons Quit”. The humor in the postcard’s written text may be gentle, snarky, or it may be making a point about the featured crayon’s feelings. Every postcard is funny and fun to read. Oliver Jeffers’ illustrations – childlike crayon drawings and lettering – add significantly to the book’s appeal and highlight the dilemmas faced by each color. Younger readers may find the child-like lettering a bit difficult to decipher. On the other hand, they may be able to assist adult readers who are having difficulty reading the childlike printing. One of my favorite things about Drew Daywalt’s two books is that the crayons reflect both readers’ and listeners’ emotions. Duncan’s crayons do have very human feelings and reactions to the events in their lives. Those in “The Day the Crayons Quit” are more representative of adults and their workplace attitudes. In “The Day the Crayons Came Home”, the crayons express feelings that are more familiar to children – feeling forgotten, disliking their own name and wanting to change it, needing help to run away from home. “The Day the Crayons Quit” is one of my grandson’s favorite bedtime books. I am sure that “The Day the Crayons Came Home” will be, too. It is a fun-filled, funny book. It will engage and entertain both young readers and adults. I recommend you add this wonderful, imaginative book to your library.
J**Y
Funny and Entertaining
Book arrived with good packaging and in good condition. The book itself was funny and entertaining for my 7y/o.
B**B
Intense creativity!!
This is an interesting series. Can be used as pure story telling with young children or with any age group for discussion: social issues, story quality, artwork. Can be a spinoff for creative writing coupled with any creative artistic visual. So many interesting possibilities!!
E**N
The Day the Crayons came Home
I already have this book. I ordered it by mistake. All of the crayon books are wonderful. I need to return the day the Crayons Came Home.
J**T
Holds child's interest
Kids love it
K**Y
Okay
I love the first book so much, but the second book was just okay. It's a good book, but I am indifferent - could do with it or without it. My students loved the first one and were engaged throughout but this one was a little more difficult to follow and drug on and on.
J**N
Great book
The crayon books got to love these books
C**S
la suite
Si vous avez aimé The Day the Crayons Quit, forcément vous apprécierez le spin off, qui ouvre bien des perspectives...
P**R
Super fun book
A very good sequel to the first book
M**L
Love the story
Love it but there are some page hard to read because of the color
C**N
Sempre bello come il primo
Mio figlio di 5 anni e mezzo adora questo libro. Lo leggo e lo rileggo tutte le sere. Ha anche preso ispirazione per disegnere quando abbiamo acquistato il primo libro. Lo consiglio. La storia e belissima i bambini piccoli imparano i colori mentre quelli piu grandicelli possono usare il libro per imparare a disegnare oltre che asoltare simpatiche storie di come sono stati trattati i colori..
A**E
Es divertido
Q mi hija se 6 años le encanta
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