The Day the Crayons Came Home

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!!

We first found this book at the library and we were surprised at the glow in the dark page. My son loves this series and this definitely stood out making it an even greater book! You do want to keep that page open for a day for it to work at night. Definitely recommend! He asked for this book for his own collection.

Kids love it

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.

I love this book as much as my kids do (if not more). I didn't think a second book could be quite as funny as the first one. However, I was proven wrong. This book is hilarious! My children (ages 3 and 5) love this book! It is an easy read, so creative, and the pictures are fantastic. There is a glow-in-the-dark page, however, it did not glow for us. If we left it in the light for a while, it might work. However, the glow feature isn't necessary, as the book is fabulous by itself! Drew Daywalt has done it again! A creative, laugh out loud, and fun book to read. I highly recommend to children from about 2.5 to adult! You absolutely couldn't go wrong purchasing for a younger child, as they will enjoy this book for years to come. As a parent, I could read both books (The Day The Crayons Quit and The Day The Crayons Came Home) over and over again.

Bought the first book for my daughter who LOVES IT! After discovering and finding this sequel to the first book, I just knew I HAD to buy it! The book didn't disappoint AT ALL! It was super cute and funny, they even have a cool glow-in-dark crayon featured page that REALLY DOES GLOW IN THE DARK, that glow in the dark page is my absolute favorite. I freaking LOVEE this book and the first, and recommend purchasing BOTH! The kids will love it, and you won't regret it.

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.

Fantastic sequel! I actually like this one more than the first. My son loved this book when little, and I'm now gifting it to my goddaughter who is turning 5. It's an imaginative premise, great illustrations, and full of unique characters. Who doesn't love Esteban the Magnificent! Highly recommend this and all the Crayon books.

Arrived in great condition, can't wait for the children to read it!

Si vous avez aimé The Day the Crayons Quit, forcément vous apprécierez le spin off, qui ouvre bien des perspectives...

Love these books/ author. My children throughly enjoyed

Love it but there are some page hard to read because of the color

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..