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DeRolf, S. (1997). The Crayon Box That Talked. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers.
This sweet and rhyming book teaches preschool readers about getting along with each other. In this book the crayon box is at a toy store and the crayons inside just don’t like each other. When a little girl buys the crayons and takes them home she is able to use them all to make a beautiful picture. This teaches that together we can do small things but when we work together what we can do is much bigger.

In this story, a little girl over hears a box full of crayons arguing in a toy store. She decides to buy the box of crayons so that she can show each of them how unique and beautiful they are, especially when they all work together. This brightly illustrated story is easy to read, and flows nicely with lots of rhyming words. This is a great story, and is perfect for teaching kindness!

I love this story! The crayons are so silly!

After overhearing some crayons in the toy store complain about one another, a little girl decides to buy them all, take them home, and begin to color. After making a beautiful picture together the crayons realize that great things can happen when everyone works together.

A child overhears a crayon book in the store talking about another child writing a beautiful poem.

This book was so cute. I loved how it rhymed but also how it showed the meaning of working together. This would be a great start to a lesson on teamwork.

The crayons don't like some of their fellow colors of the box and they are unsure why. Once they realize how beautifully they create a picture together, they realize how much they need one another.

This book is a great fantasy book about a box of crayons. It teaches an awesome lessons about how we are different and still great. I think this book would appropriate for lower elementary learners.

Summary
A young girl hears a box of crayons at a store talking about how they do not like each other. The girl buys the crayons and takes them home to show them that together they can make a beautiful picture.

Personal Reaction
I thought this was a great book to show children that even though they are all different they all make this world beautiful.

Creative Expression
I would have all the children color on a big sheet of paper there own beautiful picture that they can show in class.

I really enjoyed reading this book. One of my favorite things about this book would be the way the author personifies the crayons. I as a reader would never think of crayons being able to talk or having feelings because they are inanimate. I think that this brings in a sort of creativeness to the author and the characters. Even though there was no main character of the book, the characters that filled the book were very colorful and well-developed because in a way they can relate to readers for example in the book the crayons talk about how they don't like each other and that they cannot work together because they are so different. Kids can feel this way when they have to work together on projects or even in sports. I think that the plot was well organized and flowed very well. As a reader you knew the beginning (when the box was talking at the store) the middle ( when the box was brought home by a little girl and the crayons were then used to draw pictures) and the end (when the crayons worked together to make a pretty picture) .This book also teaches students about rhyming and the author does a very good job at making the words he's rhymes easy for children to understand. The main idea of this book would be that when we all work together we can make something or do something beautiful better together rather than separate.

I thought this book was so cute. I loved how the words flowed together like a poem and I loved the illustrations. This book is about crayons that did not get along when they were at the store stuck in their box, but when the little girl took them home and showed them what it looked like when all the colors came together on a picture they appreciated one another. They became a happy family that knew they needed one another.

In this book, a young girl hears a box of crayons at a store talking about how they do not like each other. The girl purchases the box of crayons and takes them home where she proceeds to draw a picture. The crayons watch as she uses all of them to create the picture, with each crayon contributing--blue for the sky and green for the grass--and interacting with each other. They realize that each one is unique and together they are able to make a complete picture.

Because this book rhymes, it can be used to develop phonemic awareness. Students might study the different rhyming words as some have the same ending spelling (such as "green" and "between") while others differ (such as "new" and "through"). They might stop and ask "I wonder..." questions as to why the crayons do not like each other, or what the girl will do after buying the box of crayons. Students can also practice making connections by inferring the deeper meaning from the text and asking how their classroom community is like the box of crayons.

"While walking through a toy store, the day before today, I overheard acrayon box with many things to say..." Once upon a time, Shane DeRolf wrote a poem. It was a deceptively simple poem, a charming little piece that celebrates the creation of harmony through diversity.

I think that this book was for a child of grade level 3 or lower because of how simple the sentences and main idea was to comprehend. Each crayon is its own color which is like each person being their own color, or having their own personality. The crayons were arguing about not liking each other and then a girl brings home the box and uses all of them. The main idea of this book was that everyone is different but we all serve a different purpose.

This is a great book with a very good message of acceptance.

This is a great book with a very good message of acceptance.

I thought this book was super cute. The crayons are personified as people which I really liked about the characters. They are all complaining that they don't like each other (their colors) but they don't really know why. I really enjoyed the messaged of the story as well because children can learn that just because people have their differences (the crayons not liking the certain colors of the box), when they come together they can make something really beautiful. Finally, I liked how it was written because the whole argument in the crayon box was overheard by a third party little girl. I think that this just made the story a little more interesting because the reader got to see what the little girl was hearing and saw.

This story is about a box of crayons. The crayons do not like one another. A little girl purchases the crayon box to color a picture. She uses all the colors to create a beautiful picture. While she doing this the colors realize they are working together. I thought this story was very cute and funny. A kindergarten or pre-k class would enjoy this book. I think they would enjoy the different colors and reading about them.

The Crayon Box that Talked is a story about a box of crayons that did not like each other. A little girl buys the crayon box and takes it home to color. She pours out all the crayons on her table and then she uses every single one of the crayons to color to make a beautiful picture. As she is drawing the picture all the crayons are talking about how they are working together to create a beautiful picture. After working together the crayons all become friends.

This review was previously published. I have rewritten and edited it.

This is a new board book version of a picture book originally published in the late 90s. I don't know if the board book was changed from the original picture book, but I wasn't impressed.

The "story" is a thinly disguised message about tolerance and appreciated others' differences, but either the plot was cut to fit the board book or there was never much to start with. The crayons don't like each other "but no one knows just why." After they're purchased and used (although they never grow any smaller - magic crayons!) they realize that all together they can make a better picture. The text rhymes, but it's clunky and flat:
"They watched me as a colored,
With red and blue and green,
and black and white and orange,
and every color in between."

The art had a slick, flat look and was too busy for the smaller format of a board book. The smaller details of the crayons' expressions will be lost on most children and some of the pictures are skewed oddly. I don't know if they were cut to fit the board book framework, or if that's how the art looked originally. The book itself is small, about about 7 inches high and 4 inches wide.

Verdict: The blurb on the back says "Children are never too young to learn about celebrating our differences and cooperating" but I beg to differ. The book is too cluttered, wordy, and abstract for a board book audience in my opinion. Just my opinion though - it's won lots of awards and been used in many campaigns etc. so take my grumpy attitude with a grain of salt.

ISBN: 9780385373036; Published 2013 (board book edition); Review copy provided by Random House; Donated to prize box

I loved this story. Although it is geared to attract a very young age of readers, the underlying message and value this book has is extremely important to make known in your classroom. Initially, all of the different colors of crayons do not like each other and do not get along. Eventually, they are taught to appreciate each other for their differences once the illustrator uses each one of them to color, and that each color works together to “complete the picture”. The books main idea and purpose is to teach readers that not only is it possible for everyone to work together despite how different we may look on the outside, but also that we all need each other in order to "complete the picture" metaphorically speaking. This book would be a great staple piece to any kindergarten or first grade library and should be used to introduce a lesson to students about accepting one another and their differences.

I thought this was such a cute story because of the rhyme and storyline. For example, when the little girl wants to buy them, I would have not wanted to if the crayons were all fighting. Come to find out at the end, they all ended up being friends because they all worked together. The illustrations were perfect for a Kindergarten / first grade classroom.

The main point of the story is working together. When we work together we accomplish our goals, and in the story the goal was the girls picture.

Love how this book teaches children that we need to work together to make things happen. Team work is always a great thing to have.