Happy Easter from the Crayons

Crayons

by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)

Celebrate Easter with a hilarious holiday adventure starring the crayons from the #1 New York Times bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit !

Easter is the perfect holiday for crayons! They get to learn new shapes and decorate one giant egg together...but where will they hide it?! Blue Crayon has some ideas...

In a gift book perfectly sized for Easter baskets, this story is sure to make kids — and grown-ups — giggle as they celebrate the holiday together.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Holiday, Fiction, Pre K

32 pages, Hardcover

Published February 7, 2023

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

[Teacher Librarian Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another instalment in this popular series! Children love the crayons and while it is a simple story, it does evoke the imagination and critical and creative thinking. As an educator, there are lots of fun applications that can be made from this book and a fun way to tie in with Easter activities.

[Martina P · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little picture book about "coloring" the Easter egg for with crayons.

[Harlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mom and Dad’s voices were so funny!

[Cris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Happy Easter from the Crayons

I was disappointed in this book. The author could have done so much with this book and instead he cheated Easter out.

[Clarissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the most fun Easter stories I have read, most holiday stories are dull or gimmicky, but not Drew Daywalt's books. The crayons decorate different shapes for Easter, but none of the shapes look like an egg, how will they celebrate Easter. I love the different personalities of the crayons, including the yellow and orange crayons who both insist that they are the color of the sun, the green crayon who calls himself Esteben, and the white crayon who continues to be annoyed that no one can tell if he has colored the paper. Oliver Jeffers' illustrations have so much charm and personality too.

[Becky · Rating 2 out of 5]

First sentence: The crayons are getting ready for Easter. Red crayon decorates a circle. Orange crayon decorates a square. Yellow crayon decorates a triangle.

Premise/plot: Are the crayons really getting ready for Easter? One crayon seems to cast doubt on the situation. None of the crayons are decorating/coloring eggs. Every crayon has his/her own shape that they've colored/decorated. (Rhombus. Triangle. Star.)

My thoughts: I don't mind this series. But some of the books in the series are just filler. (Just being honest.) If you have a little one that absolutely loves this series above all others, then this might be worth your money. It's not a bad read, just an unnecessary one.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ha Ha Ha!
Another fun one from the Crayons that my little school friends can use to learn their shape and also be artistically creative before the Easter holidays. Will have to tell my teaching friends, for an easy Easter literacy/math crossover project.

Love the quirky homages to previous stories and to the individualities of each crayon character.

There's another literacy opener . . . - an opportunity for my older school friends to create a back story for Tea Green (Esteban) too.

Always fun!

[Dorthe Svendsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeg elsker disse bøkene. Gleder meg til å shoppe alle, og når alle er i hus er jeg sikker på at jeg har ett halvt år planlagt i engelskundervisning på småtrinnet skinnende forran meg. De bader oss i begreper, de gir oss tips til noe å skrive og tegne op, de gir oss motivasjon til å lage egne historier.

[Daisy Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and each of the crayon's different personalities. I thought that each crayons coloring their shape and then working together to decorate an egg was wonderful and I actually chuckled at the end. This is a nice little Easter story that helps children with colors & shapes.
Paired with some simple illustrations that seem to work well with the story.

[The Book Squirrel · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this board book, the crayons are all colouring different shapes but none of the shapes are eggs! Features the crayons' typical humour (White, did you even colour your shape?) and as we're working through the series, I liked that Pea Green is still referring to himself as Esteban.

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Crayons decorate an Easter egg, teaching shapes and colors.

Green is called Esteban in this book for reasons never explained. Perhaps that is some kind of popular culture reference that I am missing.

[Rubi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, this was just super cute! Purple crayon is frustrated that no one seems to be painting eggs but the other crayons have a plan. And while they color, the kids learn about SHAPES! Nice sneaky education dropped into this cute holiday book haha

[Ellon · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars (I liked it)

I have to admit, I'm getting a little bit over the crayons books... never thought that would happen!

I think this was cute and it covers a lot of shapes, which I didn't expect. I didn't totally get the end when blue crayon "hides" the egg.

[Panda Incognito · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is another holiday-themed cash grab that lacks the charm of the original books.

[Doris Ware · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute

[Syntha Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely chuckle worthy

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but not especially memorable, Easter story has the crayons working together to find a unique way of decorating an egg.

[Leeanne McCabe · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's cute, especially if you are familiar with Daywalts original crayon book "The day the Crayons quit". It goes through various colors and each crayon is doing a different thing.

[Martha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute. Not a lot to it, but it was okay.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Stop dialing it in, Drew.

[白い世界 · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Villain E · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mini picturebook. The different colors are coloring different shapes and one crayon keeps asking why they're not egg shaped.

[Vonnie Skaggs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again the Crayons don't disappoint. Just love those little colourful peeps.

[Jocelin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another hilarious story from the crayons.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute and perfect for young readers.

[TheRetiredSchoolLibrarian |Mrs. Ferraris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brief summary: The crayons prepare for Easter by making various shapes to paste onto an egg. This small picture book(5.88 x 0.36 x 7.13 inches) could fit inside an Easter basket.

Rating: 3/5 📗📗📗

[skcocnaH · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this was my least favorite of the crayon books.

[E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Colors and shapes that are not an egg. No one is decorating an egg!!! Or are they?

A fun mystery in a picture book about shapes and colors.

[Kendall · Rating 2 out of 5]

love the crayons but this was not it. story premise could’ve been better.

[Kira Boonyea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it because they all made different shapes so they were all good for getting ready for Easter.
It was good because all the crayons were making all different shapes. -S, age 7