Get Back To Work, Crayons!

This is a super fast and happy read twice over—once for the fun, and twice for a different perspective. What a colorful happy book with not too shallow writing by Drew Daywalt in his bestseller, 'The Day The Crayons Quit' (2013).

Duncan loves coloring and uses his crayons all day. But one day, when he opens his box of crayons, it was kinda empty, except for the letters (from his crayons), detailing why they have quit. The reasons for quitting are hilarious. They kinda mirror real life, of course. So to an adult, this book is SO GOOD. Except, I'm not exactly sure what to make of the ending, or rather solution presented.

Gray Crayon just doesn't want to color all the big animals of elephants and whales. It's tired and would prefer to color penguins and tiny rocks. White Crayon feels empty and doesn't want to just color snow and color in empty spaces. Pink Crayon has never been used, except by Duncan's sister. It wants to be used, and reminds the boy that it's not 'a girl's color'. I love Purple Crayon and Black Crayon's snark. Awesome.

Peach Crayon's grouse is strange, and absolutely understandable, from a crayon's point of it. LOL.

HEY DUNCAN, 

It's me, PEACH CRAYON. Why did you peel off my paper wrapping?? 

Now I'm NAKED and too embarrassed to leave the crayon box. I don't even have any underwear! How would YOU like to go to school naked? I need some clothes. HELP! 

Your naked friend,PEACH crayon

Beige Crayon.

Beige Crayon just doesn't want to be called 'light brown' or 'dark tan'. It also wants to contribute to more than turkey dinners and wheat. HAHAHAHA. Green Crayon wrote such a political letter, and even represented its friends Yellow and Orange Crayons. Teeehehehehe. Yellow Crayon says that it's supposed to be the true color of the sun, not orange. Orange Crayon insists that IT IS THE REAL COLOR OF THE SUN. :PppPppP

Blue Crayon is just a whiner. It's being used all the time because Duncan loves blue, so that Blue Crayon complains about becoming short and stubby, and yelled out for a break. Okkkaaaaay. Then if it's not used, it would be complaining about that too right? You can't please 'em all.

I couldn't help it, after reading through all the crayons' words and feelings, my first thought- you crayons complain too much! 👀 Does this make me an evil boss in real life? This feels highly metaphorical. Oh well. Duncan is nicer. He just wants to color and he wants his crayons happy too. So he gave in to his crayons' demands. Hmmmpfff.