Review by Booklist Review
Ages 4^-6. "Talk. Talk. My crayons talk. Yackity. Clackity. Talk. Talk. Talk. / Purple shouts, / `Yum! Bubble gum.'/ Brown sings, `Play, / Mud-pie day.'" Every crayon in the box has something to say in this colorful picture book. The sounds bounce along, quick and rhythmic, in the upbeat rhyming text. With just a few words on each page, the exuberant illustrations create a special world, using paint, pencil, and, yes, crayons to show the narrator as she takes off in flights of fancy inspired by her colorful pals. Great fun to read aloud, this imaginative picture book is a natural lead-in to creative drawing and language activities, as long as you don't regard art period as "quiet time." --Carolyn Phelan
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
A dozen crayons, each being true to their respective colors, talk to a little girl as she draws pictures. Ages 4-7. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1If crayons could talk, what would they say, and how would they say it? Clever cartoons and rhymes have 12 crayons shouting, hooting, asking, and roaring. "Silver toots, `Grand,/Marching band' " and "Green yells, `Fun!/Watch me run.' " While the action is child-appealing and tickles the funny bone, the gouache, acrylic, and crayon drawings are muted rather than crayon-bright. Children will enjoy the book nonetheless, and it's a perfect vehicle for language and art activities. Be sure to have Mary O'Neill's Hailstones and Halibut Bones (Doubleday, 1989) available for those who want more in a similar vein.Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries, NE (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
A young girl's crayons shout, sing, hoot, and scream brief bouncy rhymes throughout the book: 'Purple shouts, 'Yum! Bubble gum.' / . . . Blue calls, 'Sky, Swing so high.'' Bright, highly animated illustrations jump off the pages of this simple yet catchy book. From HORN BOOK 1996, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Reading about crayons will never rival actually coloring with them; nevertheless, here's a book of simple rhymes about what crayons ``say'' to a small girl: ``Brown sings, `Play,/Mud-pie day./' Blue calls, `Sky,/Swing so high.' '' It's a playful idea, executed with verses keyed to the lives of preschoolers. The two-liners--two or three words each--have little rhythm or imagery to recommend them, but like jump-rope rhymes, they will inspire chanting along. Karas's pictures depict comically fleshed-out stick-figures swinging in the clouds, confronting owls, and staring down ghosts. (Picture book. 2-4)
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