The day the crayons quit

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Label

The day the crayons quit

Statement of responsibility

by Drew Daywalt ; pictures by Oliver Jeffers

Creator

• trueDaywalt, Drew

Contributor

• trueJeffers, Oliver

Author

• trueDaywalt, Drew

Illustrator

• trueJeffers, Oliver

Subject

• Crayons -- Juvenile fiction
• Letter writing -- Juvenile fiction
• trueEpistolary novels
• Coloring for children -- uvenile fiction
• trueLetters
• truePicture books for children
• trueColor
• trueChildren's stories
• trueCrayons
• trueHumorous stories
• trueBoys
• Color -- Juvenile fiction
• Drawing -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFairness

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Children's stories
• uvenile fiction
• truePicture books for children
• trueEpistolary novels
• trueHumorous stories

Language

eng

Summary

Poor Duncan just wants to colour in. But when he opens his box of crayons, he only finds letters, all saying the same thing: We quit! Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown, Blue needs a break from colouring in all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking to each other. The battle lines have been drawn. What is Duncan to do?

Tone

• trueFunny

Character

• trueAnthropomorphic

Illustration

• trueInventive
• trueDelicate

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2014
• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland) for Picture Books, 2015.
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades K-2, 2015.
• California Young Reader Medal, Primary, 2016.
• Colorado Children's Book Award, Picture Book, 2015.
• E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, Picture Book (formerly Indies' Choice Book Awards, Best New Picture Book), 2014.
• Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (North Dakota) for Picture Books, 2015.
• Goodreads Choice Award, 2013.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Primary, 2015.
• Golden Sower Award (Nebraska), Grades K-3, 2016.
• Goldfinch Award (Iowa), 2016.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Picture Book Category, 2015.
• Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan), Grades K-1, 2014.
• Keystone to Reading Book Award (Pennsylvania), Primary category, 2015.
• Monarch Award: Illinois K-3 Children's Choice Award, 2015.
• North Carolina Children's Book Award, Picture Books category, 2015.
• Nutmeg Children's Book Award, Elementary category, 2015.
• School Library Journal Best Books: Picture Books, 2013
• South Carolina Book Award, Picture Books, 2016.
• Surrey Schools' Picture Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 2015.
• Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2015.
• West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA), Picture Book, 2015.
• Young Hoosier Book Award, Picture Books, 2016.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813.6

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

730

Literary form

novels

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 0
• 2

Target audience

juvenile