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|title=The Day The Crayons Quit

|sort=Day Crayons Quit, The

|publisher=Harper Collins Children's Books

|date=August 2013

|website=https://twitter.com/DrewDaywalt

|summary=The perfect book for teaching older children their colours.

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Duncan loves colouring but one day he receives a very surprising stack of letters from his crayons. Some are quite content, but others are really getting fed up. Red and Blue want a break, they get used far too much and are nearly worn away. Purple is delighted to be the colour of the wizards and dragons, but he is rather fussy about staying inside the lines. Black wants to colour in fun things like beach balls, and yellow and orange can't stop quarrelling over which should be the colour of the sun. Peach has had her wrapper peeled off and won't come out at all now, as she is embarrassed about being naked. Pink however is the most upset all. Duncan has never used Pink once. Pink wants to be something fun, like a dinosaur.

I think this books strong point though is in teaching colours without seeming to do so. While all children learn different skills at different ages, it can be a nightmare to find the right books for children who are learning just a little bit later than others. Many children do start school without knowing all of their colours. But the average book to teach colours is written for babies and toddlers. Nothing makes a child feel worse than being asked to read books they consider for babies, especially in front of others. This book reads like a story, and is quite suitable for young school children. But it does teach colours very effectively. But even if your child already knows their colours - this may just encourage them to look at things differently - and that is always a good thing. I've always loved things like blue horses, purple skies and green people. This just may encourage your child to experiment with colour as well.

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