The drawings are loose and lively, and with few lines, he makes his characters effectively emote. Jeffers delivers energetic and playful illustrations, done in pencil, paint and crayon. With a little creativity and a lot of color, Duncan saves the day. Some are tired, others underutilized, while a few want official titles. Black wants to be considered a color-in color, and Peach? He’s naked without his wrapper! This anthropomorphized lot amicably requests workplace changes in hand-lettered writing, explaining their work stoppage to a surprised Duncan. Gray is exhausted from coloring expansive spaces (elephants, rhinos and whales). Red is overworked, laboring even on holidays. 3-7)ĭuncan wants to draw, but instead of crayons, he finds a stack of letters listing the crayons’ demands in this humorous tale. This new cast of crayons will entertain readers, and admirers of the first book will be pleased to see a few familiar colors. (Picture book. Fans of Jeffers will be charmed when they discover characters from his previous works hidden in the postcards’ stamps. Both Neon Red and Glow in the Dark are reproduced with astounding vibrancy, and readers who turn out the lights while viewing Glow in the Dark’s postcard are in for a real surprise. Big Chunky Toddler Crayon is desperate to escape from Duncan’s baby brother Neon Red is on a cross-country trip back to Duncan’s house after having been left behind on a family vacation and Glow in the Dark needs rescuing from the sinister basement. Mixed-media illustrations, done with crayons and photographic postcards, introduce lively new scenery and brilliant characters. Though a few crayons might have been more aptly placed in the first book-Pea Green has run away because no one likes peas or the color pea green-Daywalt and Jeffers still manage to treat readers to a new story.
Maroon is broken and has been stuffed between the couch cushions, Turquoise got stuck to a sock in the dryer, and Orange and Yellow have melted together in the hot sun. Duncan’s crayons are back in this comical sequel to The Day the Crayons Quit (2013), and this time they need to be rescued.
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