The Day the Crayons Quit
Ratings40
Average rating4.1
I am BEIGE and I am proud.
Hilarious and I loved it, even though there wasn't much happening before or after all the letters.
Yeah, I don't like this book. It's been in rotation recently at our house, and it annoys me for several reasons.
First, it's quite long and wordy. Not great for “let's wrap up bedtime, we're late”.
Second, the jokes are very one note: more than one crayon is just writing in to say he's tired.
Third, it feels super retrograde. The pink crayon complains that Duncan, the unseen child these letters are addressed to, isn't using her/him/it because “you think I'm a girl's color, right?” I mean, my kid is a pretty blank slate, growing up in a hippie town, so why on earth am I telling them that hey btw some people think pink is for girls. I would much rather minimize that nonsense. There's a peach crayon who is embarrassed for being naked. AKA boys like blue, girls like pink, and peach is the color of skin. :/ This is so lame and boring, ugh. I cannot wait until my kid tires of this one.
Hilarious. The kids literally laughed out loud when we got to the peach crayon page.
So cute and creative!
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My Rating System:
5⭐️: Excellent book AND influenced a change in my views
4.5⭐️: Excellent read
4⭐️: Great read, will recommend ⬅️⬅️⬅️
3.5⭐️: Enjoyable read but missing something that will make it great
3⭐️: An okay read that I didn't regret spending time on it
2⭐️: Didn't enjoy
1⭐️: Didn't enjoy and had serious issues. Will suggest to avoid.
This is a fun book. My son loves it. Some of the pages are a bit hard to read though.
A fantastic book for young readers or to read to young children, especially those that love to colour. Beautifully illustrated and a great story. Highly recommended!
I honestly don't remember when I read it all I know is that I read it at Barnes & Noble before I went to the movie theater. Overall it made me laugh but it wasn't enough to make me buy it.