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There was my battered old computer, but I didn’t think kids wanted a book about that. I looked around the room for my answer… hoping somehow that it would be written on the wall or the desk or the floor, I suppose. The only obstacle was that I couldn’t think of a thing. In the fall of 2003, I was sitting at my desk in my apartment in Los Angeles, wanting desperately to write my first picture book manuscript. “Utterly original.” –San Francisco Chronicle * “These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review * “This colorful title should make for an uproarious storytime.” –School Library Journal, starred review “This book will have children asking to have it read again and again.” –Library Media Connection “Fresh and funny.” –The Wall Street Journal Move over, Click, Clack, Moo we’ve got a new contender for the most successful picture-book strike.” –BCCB, starred review One of TIME Magazine’s top 100 Children’s Books of All Time. Goodreads’ 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year

White Read-Aloud AwardĪmazon’s 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year Winner of over 60 national and international awards, including the coveted E.B. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking-each believes he is the true color of the sun. Blue needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Beige Crayon is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown Crayon. The hilarious, colorful #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon that every kid wants! Gift a copy to someone you love today.