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
• trueDaywalt, Drew

Author

• trueDaywalt, Drew

Illustrator

• trueJeffers, Oliver

Subject

• Epistolary fiction
• Animals
• Animals -- Juvenile fiction
• trueBoys
• trueColor
• Color
• Color -- Fiction
• Color -- Juvenile fiction
• Color drawing
• Color drawing -- Juvenile fiction
• Crayons
• trueCrayons
• Crayons -- Fiction
• Crayons -- Juvenile fiction
• Epistolary fiction
• trueFairness
• Fiction
• Fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Concepts | Colors
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Humorous Stories
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
• Juvenile works
• Letters
• Letters
• Letters -- Fiction
• Letters -- Juvenile fiction
• truePersonal letters
• Photographs
• Photographs
• Picture books
• Picture books
• Strikes and lockouts
• Strikes and lockouts -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Picture books
• Photographs
• Juvenile works
• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• Epistolary fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Poor Duncan just wants to color. 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. Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. Blue needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking -- each believes he is the true color of the sun. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best?

Tone

• trueFunny

Character

• trueAnthropomorphic

Illustration

• trueDelicate
• trueInventive

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, 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.

Awards note

• E.B. White Read Aloud Award, 2014.
• Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award, 2015.
• Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Award, 2013.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[E]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• AD730L
• Sentence length: 4 (hard)
• Word frequency: 5 (very hard)

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

• LG
• K-2

Literary form

fiction

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

• 0
• 2

Reading level

• 3.8.
• 3.8
• 3.5

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader
• Accelerated Reader AR
• Reading Counts RC

Target audience

primary