Happy Mother's Day from the Crayons

Crayons

by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (illustrator)

In a wonderful celebration of Mother's Day, the hilarious crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day The Crayons Quit love their moms--and mother figures in their lives--so much, they wrote a book about it!

Red Crayon loves his mom because she works extra hard, especially on the holidays. Yellow and Orange Crayons love their grandma who has a been like a mom to them. And White Crayon loves his mom a ton, even if he can't always see her. In this inclusive celebration of all kinds of families, the Crayons from The Day the Crayons Quit show how much the crayons love celebrating their moms--and other family members--on Mother's Day.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Family

32 pages, Hardcover

Published February 4, 2025

About the author

Ever since his childhood in one of Ohio’s most haunted houses, writer director Drew Daywalt has been writing escapist fantasy and building worlds of his own. With a degree in Creative Writing, and a concentration in Children’s Literature from Emerson College in Boston, Daywalt set off to Hollywood where he spent years writing for Disney and Universal on such beloved shows as Timon & Pumba, Buzz Lightyear, and Woody Woodpecker, and where his animated series The Wacky World of Tex Avery garnered an Emmy nomination.

His first trip into live action landed him studio screenwriting and feature film directing work with such Hollywood luminaries as Quentin Tarrantino, Lawrence Bender, Tony Scott, Brett Ratner and Jerry Bruckheimer.

With an eye toward picture book writing, Daywalt’s first book THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, debuted on the New York Times Best Seller’s List in June 2013, and has since become a Number One Best Seller.

Reviews

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet story about Mother's Day that celebrates the diversity of families. All families don't look the same--and this one gives nods to a variety of families--included ones headed by a single dad--who get their due on Mom's Day!

[Lydia McGregor · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book, in my opinion, did not touch on Mother’s Day despite it’s title. Each crayon did say how it loved it’s mom/parent, which is to theme, but I was looking for something that more talked about the holiday or preparing for it. I did like how inclusive the spectrum of mother figures were but was confused by how some crayons had a parent that was a crayon & others had glue or paint as their parent. Though I’m sure that is not something that my toddlers got hung up on, it seemed inconsistent & was distracting for me as the reader. Also, I may not know the lore, but “Barfy Crayon” was tacky. It was a fine book, if you can look past all of this & you are just want something showcasing different crayons loving their mother figures, but I would not check out again.

[Ellon · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars (I really liked it)

Weird how this one was so much better than Happy Father's Day from the Crayons. There are references to the original book here that were lacking in the Father's Day one. Yet the best part of the Father's Day one (the diversity of families) is still included.

[Audrey | WellReadandUndead(ish) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice way to celebrate Mother’s Day within a child’s favorite universe of characters. Drew Daywapt threw in some crayons we haven’t seen before. He also makes sure to creatively add diversity, acknowledging stepmothers, grandmothers, two mothers, and single fathers. It retains some of the humor from the original, though it’s more downplayed just from the nature of the story here.

[Andrés · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a clever concept, using crayons to help visualize diverse families. I liked the wide variety of qualities the young crayons adore about their parent(s). I was confused by the maroon crayon who has a beard, which implies he's an adult. So I guess mama glue is holding onto her grandchildren? Or she has like 20-year spacing of children. Barf crayon is whatever.

[Cheyenne Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely adore the Crayon books and this one hits especially close to home for me! I love that the author was inclusive of all moms and even the dad's pulling double duty! Well Done Drew!

[Lillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book was really sweet - i love that while it honoured mothers, it also honoured different family make-ups.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

IPW

[Jessica Strait · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok. Kinda cute but not as silly as some of the other crayon books.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

So sweet!

[Pennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

7 year old: it was very very very very good

grown up: I loved the representation of all the different kinds of parents.