In the picture book, The Day the Crayons Quit written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, Duncan opens his box of crayons and finds the box empty! In place of the crayons are a bundle of letters from the box's  occupants. Each letter is addressed to Duncan and outlines why the color abandoned the box; beige is tired of being second fiddle to brown, blue needs a break from coloring all of that water, while pink just wants to be used! Poor Duncan just wants to color!

Today during our library lesson, Ms. Eyer introduced the book, The Day the Crayons Quit. As a class, we decided we do not want the crayons to QUIT!

Barnes and Noble is also trying to convince the crayons not to quit! Blue, Red, and Gray feel terribly overworked. Beige, Black, Pink, and White feel very under-utilized. And Yellow and Orange just aren’t getting along.

For writer workshop we downloaded the crayon stationary  so we could write a letter, create a list, or draw, or color a picture to convince the crayons to stay!  Ms. Eyer is going to take our letters to Barnes and Noble this weekend and place them in the crayons mailbox. Don't let the crayons quit!

Read the School Library Journal review of: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt