The Day the Crayons Quit

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.