In 2015, the book also won Texas Bluebonnet Award after getting 29,931 votes from Texas children. In 2013, the book won the Goodreads Choice Award and Amazon’s Best Children’s Book. The Day the Crayons Quit has won several awards. The book also made it to Publishers Weekly starred review and was considered a “noteworthy debut.” In 2015, Entertainment Weekly termed The Day the Crayons Quit as the longest-running title to be featured on the New York Times Bestseller list in the category of children’s picture books after holding number one position for more than a year and 256 weeks. Since the book’s initial publication, it has also been unrivaled in sales compared to other books in the same genre.
The idea behind the book writing was born from a simple box of crayons on Drew Daywalt’s desk and his love for writing dialogue. The book soon became a critical and commercial success earning positive critics and selling 1.5 million copies globally. He is also popularly for writing scripts for Hollywood studios and American television films and creating a couple of short horror films available on the internet.ĭaywalt’s debut picture book was published in 2013 by Philomel Books. He is popularly known for his award-winning children’s picture book The Day the Crayons Quit.
I was personally surprised when I picked up my library copy, only to see that this book was a measly 6"x 7" (14.5 cm x 18 cm) in size! This would be fine for single readers or for a bedtime story, but I prefer the 10"x10" (26 cm x 26 cm) size of the original books for read-alouds with a class of children for easier viewing.Drew Daywalt is an American children’s books author. "I liked how the crayons expressed their opinions" (Note: this particular class has been recently practicing persuasive writing) They really like helping me rate and review children's books! Here are their summations: Once again, I had the chance to read this book aloud to a Grade 3 class that I was subbing. a copy became available through my local library! I loved this author and illustrator's teamwork ( Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers) with their earlier picture books The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, so I just had to add this one to my WTR list and,Ģ.
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