The Day the Crayons Quit
To Marichelle, Abigail and Reese —D.D.
To Ewan —O.J.
One day in class, Duncan went
to take out his crayons and found
a stack of letters with his name
on them.
Well, poor Duncan just wanted to color . . .
and of course he wanted his crayons to
be happy. And that gave him an idea.
When Duncan showed his teacher his new picture,
she gave him an A for coloring . . .
. . . and an A+ for creativity!
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The art for this book was made with . . . um . . . crayons.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Daywalt, Drew. The day the crayons quit / Drew Daywalt ; illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. p. cm.
Summary: When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters,
one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.
[1. Crayons—Fiction. 2. Letters—Fiction. 3. Color—Fiction.] I. Jeffers, Oliver, ill. II. Title. PZ7.D3388Day 2013
[E]—dc23 2012030384 eISBN 978-1-101-62966-6
Drew Daywalt, The Day the Crayons Quit
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