The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt
★ Top 25 book of 2013 · #19 on Best Books of 2013
Duncan finds a pile of letters waiting for him at school, and each one comes from a different crayon with a complaint about how he has been treating it. A funny picture book premise built around colorful grievances.
Best for: Young children and parents who enjoy playful, humorous picture books about everyday objects
The Day the Crayons Quit is #19 on BookWard's Best Books of 2013, out of 45 2013 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Day the Crayons Quit is about
Duncan arrives at school and finds a pile of letters, and every one is from a crayon. None of them are happy. One feels overused, another feels ignored, and others object to the jobs they are given. Each has its own voice and its own grievance, so a box of colors turns into a cast of distinct personalities.
Duncan has to read the complaints and decide how to answer them. Drew Daywalt's text and Oliver Jeffers's illustrations make the premise funny, and underneath the jokes sits a gentle lesson about listening, fairness and making room for other points of view. A good read-aloud for young children who enjoy silliness and anyone who likes creative play with art supplies. A sequel followed in 2015.
The Day the Crayons Quit on the Best Books of 2013
The Day the Crayons Quit came out in 2013. Of the 45 books first published in 2013 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #19 on our Best Books of 2013 list.
Why it made the list: 291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (29 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2013 list
- Contagious Jonah Berger, #17
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms George R. R. Martin, #18
- The First 20 Hours Josh Kaufman, #20
- Tales from a Not-so-happy Heartbreaker Rachel Renée Russell, #21
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 230 want to read it, 8 are reading it now and 53 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 29 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 49 | 55% |
| Reader love | 91 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 24 | 20% |
Questions about The Day the Crayons Quit
When was The Day the Crayons Quit published?
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt was first published in 2013.
Was The Day the Crayons Quit one of the best books of 2013?
The Day the Crayons Quit is #19 on BookWard's Best Books of 2013, out of 45 2013 books that cleared our data bar. 291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (29 ratings).
Why is The Day the Crayons Quit on the Best Books of 2013 list?
291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (29 ratings).
More of the best books of 2013
- House of Hades Rick Riordan, #1
- Hard Luck Jeff Kinney, #2
- Crown of Midnight Sarah J. Maas, #3
- The Screaming Staircase Jonathan Stroud, #4
- Unravel Me Tahereh Mafi, #5
- The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, #6
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How we know
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