Author: Drew Daywalt Pictures: OLiver Jeffers
The premise is that the crayons in a little boy’s crayon box write letters to him asking him to address their points of distress (I think one does not have any distress and is a letter of thanks) . In a day and age where even explaining email to a 5 year old is difficult, the concept of writing letters is a little alien to them. But the book is an absolute ripper because of the illustrations. As each one of their crayons grow through their emotions, the pages come alive with the corresponding colors. The final page where the boy makes amends is a refreshing, imaginative blast of color where you can tell your child that it is perfectly OK not to conform to the norms .
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