Preschool/Grade 2 level book about protesting crayons</br>Encourages color recognition vocabulary development creativity</br>Each crayon has complaints about things that they color</br>An exciting story of coloring outside of the box</br>Darling lively illustrations</br></br>Product Description</br></br><b>The #1?<i>New York Times</i>?bestselling phenomenon!<br></b><br> 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 speakingeach believes he is the true color of the sun.<br><br> What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best?<br><p>Kids will be imagining their own humorous conversations with crayons and coloring a blue streak after sharing laughs with Drew Daywalt and <i>New York Times </i>bestseller Oliver Jeffers. This story is perfect?a" a back-to-school gift?? for all budding artists?? for fans of humorous books such as?<i>Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus </i>by Mo Willems and <i>The True Story of the Three Little Pigs </i>by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith?? and for fans of Oliver Jeffers'?<i>Stuck</i>?? <i>The Incredible Book Eating Boy</i>?? <i>Lost and Found</i>?? and<i> This Moose Belongs to Me.</i></p><br><b>Praise for <i>The Day the Crayons Quit</i></b><br><br>Amazon??s 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year<br><br>A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2013<br><br>Goodreads?? 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year?<br><br>Winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award<br><br>* ??Hilarious . . . Move over???<i>Click?? Clack?? Moo</i>; we??ve got a new contender for the most successful picture-book strike.?? ?<i>BCCB</i>?? starred review?<br><br>??Jeffers . . . elevates crayon drawing to remarkable heights.?? ?<i>Booklist</i><br><br>??Fresh and funny.?? ?<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br><br>" children asking to have it read again and again.?? ?<i>Library Media Connection</i><br><br>* ??This colorful title should make for an uproarious storytime.?? ?<i>School Library Journal</i>?? starred review?<br><br>* ??These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes.?? ?<i>Publishers Weekly</i>?? starred review?<br><br>??Utterly original.?? ?<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br><strong>Amazon Best Children's Book of  2013</strong>: <i>The Day the Crayons Quit</i>?? Drew Daywalt??s clever s