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Favorite of my daughters when they were little - one of my go-to books for baby showers. Very good message - unfortunate that people here are criticizing it for not having any one of color in it when the whole message is inclusivity - there are 2 whole people in the book and one only appears once! Next thing you know, men's groups are going to get upset that men are not represented because neither character is male.

My kids love this book. The story is great. The illustrations are great. You can see why it's won so many awards. Crayons in the same box find that they're at odds with other crayons of different colors, but when they begin to color, they have an epiphany that forever changes them.

This book is great and it is hard and sturdy. I love the size too, just anlittle smaller than the average hatd book, which is nice! I always loved this book and I am happy to have my own copy to use in my classroom now.

I purchases this book originally to go with my Master's class. However, it was to cheesy. It is about a box a crayons that don't get along, and finally they see the little girl coloring with all of them and they see how pretty it is, and they all get along at the end of the story. This book would be a good fit for Kindergarten, Preschool, and maybe 1st grade.

The pictures were nice and colorful. I liked everything about the book. I plan on reading more. But not tonight.

I love this book for my kindergarten class and when I moved states it wasn’t available in our school library. I am happy to have my own copy. I use it at the beginning of the year and again around MLK jr. day.

I bought this book as a gift for my 3 year old son. I was looking for a story that was simple, colorful and had a good lesson. This book completely fit the bill. He loves pointing out the colors of the crayons. The story is the perfect length for my son's very typical 3 year old's attention span. The morals of the story, respect and teamwork, are translated very well. Both the author and the illustrator did a wonderful job.

I made a lesson plan on this book and the third graders loved it! My 5/6 and 3/4 year old love it too- so I would say it's a good book for many age groups

One of my favorite stories for teaching character education

my wife's classrooms kids love this book.

Favorite of my daughters when they were little - one of my go-to books for baby showers. Very good message - unfortunate that people here are criticizing it for not having any one of color in it when the whole message is inclusivity - there are 2 whole people in the book and one only appears once! Next thing you know, men's groups are going to get upset that men are not represented because neither character is male.

My kids love this book. The story is great. The illustrations are great. You can see why it's won so many awards. Crayons in the same box find that they're at odds with other crayons of different colors, but when they begin to color, they have an epiphany that forever changes them.

This book is great and it is hard and sturdy. I love the size too, just anlittle smaller than the average hatd book, which is nice! I always loved this book and I am happy to have my own copy to use in my classroom now.

I purchases this book originally to go with my Master's class. However, it was to cheesy. It is about a box a crayons that don't get along, and finally they see the little girl coloring with all of them and they see how pretty it is, and they all get along at the end of the story. This book would be a good fit for Kindergarten, Preschool, and maybe 1st grade.

The pictures were nice and colorful. I liked everything about the book. I plan on reading more. But not tonight.

I love this book for my kindergarten class and when I moved states it wasn’t available in our school library. I am happy to have my own copy. I use it at the beginning of the year and again around MLK jr. day.

I bought this book as a gift for my 3 year old son. I was looking for a story that was simple, colorful and had a good lesson. This book completely fit the bill. He loves pointing out the colors of the crayons. The story is the perfect length for my son's very typical 3 year old's attention span. The morals of the story, respect and teamwork, are translated very well. Both the author and the illustrator did a wonderful job.

I made a lesson plan on this book and the third graders loved it! My 5/6 and 3/4 year old love it too- so I would say it's a good book for many age groups

One of my favorite stories for teaching character education

my wife's classrooms kids love this book.

Read this to my daughter when she was a child. Bought it for her(she’s 21). Very good quality! Came quickly!

I originally found this book when my sons were younger. I recently shared it in a college course on comparative religion. It is not a religion based book, but it is about appreciation and respect for others. Many of the adults enjoyed the colorful pictures and the greater meaning of it and shared it with their own children. I think it's a must read for all ages - a reminder that we are all special and can make the world a better place by working together.

This is a beautifully written story about acceptance and being open to others. The crayons who think they are the most important color, learn that the pictures are more beautiful . . more complete when all of the colors are used to make them. A definite MUST HAVE in any library. ((perhaps more grown ups should read this story!))

Love this book!!! bought for baby shower

I probably bought this book four years ago at a yard sale when II misted up reading it. I then bought the hardback. Its a short, cute book with a simple message about how much brighter the world is when we all get along and embrace our individual contributions. After all of these years, its still one of our favorite bedtime books, and a frequent gift. As good as the Giving Tree, but feel good.

Loved the story, the pictures, colors.

Cute story

One star is too many. Got this for my grandson for Christmas and the last two pages are missing. Now it’s too late to return.

I am a teacher and my kids loved these. So do I.

Using to set the tone for my classroom and begin a dialogue that we are all unique and have different qualities but together we make a fantastic grou;p.

This book is one of my favorites! It's well written and easy to read out load. It rhymes and flows from beginning to end, while incorporating a great lesson about accepting others and embracing those who are different from you. The illustrations are very colorful and detailed, keeping any child's attention. Every time I look at this book, I see something new in the toy store pages.

An old favorite of my grown children. I have purchased for a friends little ones.

Loved the book and it’s message, we turned it into a class play.

Good kids’ story about getting along despite differences

Great story, engaging illustrations, and just the right size book for little hands.

20 yrs later. Still one of my fav

I teach Kindergarten and the kids really enjoyed this book. It's short and sweet and really relates a powerful message about team work. Great for Black History month.

This book is perfect for my second grader's teaching point of view. Love it!

Son loved the book and read it about 5 times. He did his book report on it and was so proud.

I just used this book with my church. I have used it many years in the last 20 years. The last page is missing in this copy. Very dissatisfied,

This book was written/published upside down. It's still readable and my students laughed about it....but it is upside down...and they sold it that way.

Obviously not disappointed with the book, just the way the seller mailed it..... I just opened it 20 min ago and this is what I see. It most def is not 'new' to the look. Disappointed :/

Great Story to teach that all are important, everyone matters and has something to contribute!

This book is great for use in schools and counseling groups. It bring home the importance of celebrating our differences and highlights the beauty of bringing them together to create a beautiful world!

Nice story! Kept my 3yo, and others in her classroom, engaged. She even asked for it days afterwards; prompting me to buy it!

My son loved this story and I think he wants me to read it all the time!

This book was a perfect way to talk about diversity to small children. Since it is a board book it was great for them to retell the story and "read" it to each other. I would recommend this book for preschoolers to kindergarten,

Loved the story. Great for teaching about relationships. Artwork great! Used in my classroom with a crayon them.

Presented with engaging pictures, and fun dialogue

This item is not what I expected it is not a The Crayon Box that talked..it is a book that you have to read . I am nit satisfied with the product.

The story is very cute, and easy for kids to understand. The pictures are fun, bright, and colorful. However, what I don't like is, on my Kindle, the pictures are really small. I was hoping the picture would fill the screen, like other books. I was trying to read it to a small group of kids, and the children had to pass my Kindle around to see the pictures. If the pictures were bigger I would have given it 5 stars.

wonderful story for children and adults

I used this book with 5-7 year olds to act out the story and discuss diversity and inclusiveness. We also did art project with pastels on black paper using lots of colors to make their picture "pop" on the paper

Great book to read about the colors or during MLK day for the kids. The children and I had a great discussion about how each individuals can be different from one another and working together from our differences.

As Described.

This works wonderfully in teaching young children respect for others. I once saw a first-grade teacher read this to her class at a time when one of her students was making racially inappropriate remarks towards another student. It helps get the message across that we are all different, and our differences are what make the world interesting. I have now purchased this to use in my own classroom.

Okay

Great book!

We just love this book!!!

This is a great book to read for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday at school.

it inspired me to create and sell a magic illusion that I use in my anti-bull yschool shows based on the story's concept. Now I am selling it across the country

Cute story about diversity for young learners.

just as expected

I use this story with just about every adult and youth group I speak to. I use it to build upon our diversity and how if we all get together (as the crayons do in the book) the picture is complete. This is a MUST BUY if you work with any age group. The story is so simple, yet powerful.

Bought this book for my daughter to share with her prekindergarten class. Love the message of cooperation and how working together can create beautiful things in the world.

I give this one a five star rating because it's a great way to teach kids that being different is a very good thing!

I love the message this book tells. I cannot wait to read it to my 3rd graders tomorrow. 5 stars!!!

Great reading book for young children with wonderful lessons for all ages.

I loved it .it is very colorful and fun for the kids to read and look at the images .

This is a nice book about diversity and appreciating differences. It could have used a bit more diversity in the human characters, but other than that, it is cute.

Enjoyed how the book embraced diversity

I first received this book as a gift from my daughters daycare teacher. We read it every night for years. When I came across it again on Amazon, I had to purchase it. Great story and morals - but we love it for the bright colors, catchy phrasing, and of course the memories behind the book. Great price and love the hardback book (as our original was paperback).

another book we are using for a church service for young people. great, fun book. Everyone can relate to crayons and the fact that they talk makes them that much better.

Great book at a reasonable price.

Will use this book in my future classroom! Perfect condition!

Cute book with a great meaning

Great book!!!!! Needed this for a lesson about diversity to my students and tgey enjoyed it! It went well with The Day the Crayons Quit

This is a great book to use in teaching diversity. I feel like it will help my students understand that we are different but the same.

This poem encourages children as well as adults to be kind to one another and work/play together. Also to see the good in others.

Great for School Counselors

Good story to teach how valuable we all are in God's eyes! We all have a part to do that complements each other!

Thin paperback book. Not worth the money. As far as the story goes, important message (accceptance and getting along) but unsophisticated in the way it's told. Better books out there. Dr. Suess' The Sneetches, for example.

great gift

I love this book. I use it to teach my kids colors and also emphasized differences. Will use it again for my new kids/students next year too

Wonderful story about working together. My 5th graders loved it.

Adorable book. Short and to the point for a lesson on acceptance and getting along with others. My second graders enjoyed it!

What a great book to teach children about getting along with each other.

Visually engaging, with a very positive message for little people about tolerance, acceptance, and getting along. I use it with kinders in a guidance lesson on uniqueness and diversity.

Really liked this story. My kids were able to connect with the meaning.

Great price!!

This is such a cute story for young children, and there are so many cute activities you can do with it to help them understand that we are all unique and special!!

This is a great book to use to talk about diversity.

Absolutely one of my all time favorite children's stories.

As a counselor, I used this book in a lesson about diversity and respect, and the kids loved it. Great message for people of all ages!

It is a very good book for kids! It is a very sweet book... my 4 year old daughter loves this book...if you get this book try the book with no pictures

Great book for discussions on diversity and uniquenes

Great quality

I lost my copy and I liked it so much so I wanted to replace it. It was like new.

item was shipped on time with no damage.

Quick Delivery! Great book! My students love it!

One of my favorite childrens books of all times!

Very well written and illustrated! I am using this book in a family and parenting class. I am pleased to have it in my library.

The students LOVED this book and there were alot of great activities and lessons I could do with my students stemming from this story.

A great book to address diversity in the classroom and in our world. I will be using this for many years to come!

This is a perfect book for young children. The story is about a box of crayons who don't get along. It addresses diversity and teaches how each one of us contributes to the whole picture. The story is simple and the illustrations are fun.

Great book for children and adults. Also great as a team building exercise. I used it as part of my professional development and staff loved it!

I am an Elementary Guidance Counselor, grades K-4, and I will use this book when I talk to students about tolerance. The pictures and rhyming will attract the younger students and the message will appeal to the older students.

Love this book

Great book that teaches diversity. We need it for everyone.

This is a wonderful book to read to children. The lesson learned from this story is very important. Like the crayons in the box every color is different. But you need to use ALL the colors in order to create a BEAUTIFUL picture. I have used it many times for an object lesson while teaching.

Great book for preschoolers on working together. Easy words, rhymes as well. Colorful pictures. Happy outcome. Preschoolers can really get the message.

This is a great kindergarten book.

Great children's book.

Amazing story and teaching tool for accepting differences in one another. The easiest way to get young ones to talk with adults about issues.

This book is a staple in my therapy "toolbox". Great for teaching diversity lessons as a school counselor or therapist working with kids.

Fast shipping. Great product. Thank you!

I used this story as an integration to a mini unit on Martin Luther king, The students were able to make text to text connections and text to self connection.

A very simple book that demonstrates how we must all get along and accept each other because together we make a better world.

Great story to ready to my son but I also love this book for group therapy with children.

Nice little book about a box of crayons who learn that being different is ok but that they can still work together to complete the picture. This would be great for k-2 classes about working together and being different but still being part of the class.

Great book that can be intergrated with social studies.

Great book for kids of all pages. My 7 year old and 5 year old truly enjoyed reading it. Great.

This box exceeded my expectations. It was short with a clear message. My kindergarten and first grade students loved it!

This is a book that I would recommend to all parents, aunts, uncles,teachers and daycare providers. I bought this book for my grandson and he loves it. He wants to read it every night for one of his bedtime stories. He loves it so much that we sat down and drew pictures of our own representing the crayon box and the uniqueness of each one. It is a must have when teaching children about the diversity of the world. You must buy this book.

Very good book and a great lesson for the young and old!

It is fabulous! Great book to teach about getting along.😊

This book is GREAT. Some people may think of it as a Kindegarten book; but it is so much more. I have used it as a story starter for K, an anti-discrimation book for Middle School students, and I used it as a basis for Manners for teens. The same book took on a different meaning for each level. If you are looking for something to teach an object-lesson on differences, manners, non-discrimation, sharing, or just plain complaining this is the book.

It's in great condition!

Fun book!

Great book .

Loved it.

excellent

Great book

Love it

This book is a wonderful tool for teaching children tolerance, acceptance, and team work. It is simple, but it conveys a powerful message. It is a great way to begin a school year.

This adorable story was a perfect way to introduce racial equality to my 3-year old. He loves this book--it's definitely one of his favorites (and mine, too!)

I purchased this book for my first grade class as an example on how to get along with others! The illustrations were very colorful and the students did a problem and solution graph on what happened in the story! Definitely recommend this book, the kids loved it!

I am a 3rd grade teacher and this book is great for a quick lesson on getting along with others and the importance of being different and accepting one anothers differences. My class loved it!!

This is a great book. I am an art teacher and love this book for my elementary students. It is also great for lessons on social justice, as well as teaching children that we are all different but all awesome! I highly recommend!!

I ordered this book for my back to school lesson. It arrived in time and was in perfect shape. Very cute book. I used it for my middle school multiple disability classroom.

What a great book for the elementary child or the grandkis (all children matter of fact). Wonderful for today!

I purchased this book as a gift (haven't given it, yet) I found the illustrations quite colorful & the story told in such a way that a child may learn what great things can happen when "everyone" learns to get along. Very pleased with my purchase.

Great book, my students loved it so I had to purchase it.

decent read.

I used this book in a kindergarten classroom in an effort to focus on team building skills and kindness. I followed up the book with a team activity. The kids loved it.

I love this book. I have my volleyball team read it each year hoping the meaning sinks in.

the book came in good condition and in time, as indicated. my students loved learning about colors and how they got along.

I share this story with my students every year and they act out the story, sharing what the story is about. I love it1

A great, colorful story to incorporate Martin Luther King Jr's ideals into my art class. The kids could understand the message of not judging others by their "clor".

Cute illustrations and a good book to teach kids to accept all people and to work together. One of my favorite books to read....

My first graders loved this book! They were able to see the feelings and make a self to text connections.

Not worth the 10 bucks I paid for the digital download. The book was cute but I would have preferred a hard copy which was not available.

I was somewhat disappointed in the book I received. Two of the pages were stuck together and could not be separated without tearing the pages. There was also a lot of coloring that a child had done on several of the pages. The book was advertised as "gently used". I guess I expected it to be just that. I knew the book was not a new book, but I did expect it to be usable with pages not stuck together and crayon colored all over by the previous owner. It will hard to use the book in the condition it is in for what I intended.

This book is not the book I received in the mail. I received one with a similar title. So, I guess am rating the service not the book.

I expected a bit more ......I was disappointed with the contents of the story. The concept of the story was nice, but not very well done.

I like this story. It’s about crayons that have to learn to get along, in a box together. I used this book as a teacher, quite often. It teaches diversity – the fact that we’re not all the same on the outside. It talks about acceptance – being able to be with other people and work together even though you may be different. So this is a really nice story to talk about classroom community and being a classroom family. This book also talks about respect – respecting each other’s differences. Maria Dismondy, author of

All the colors in the crayon box are at odds with one another. One color is prettier than the other. Another color is darker than another. Each color is simply arguing that they are the best at the expense of other colors. But each crayon was simply jusy one color. As bright and pretty as each one maybe alone, they were nothing compared to all the beauty shown when all the crayons came together and shown their true colors.

This is a great book for young children 3-7 years old. Probably best for about kindergarten age. I use this in my K class every year, and it's always a favorite. At the beginning of the book, a box of crayons does not get along. Then a little girl buys them, and the crayons work together to create a beautiful picture. They realize each color is special and necessary to create a work of art. The story rhymes and uses simple text. It's easy to segue into a conversation about how all people are unique, and we may look different but can get along, etc. It could also be used with younger children to practice color recognition.

Shane DeRolf, The Crayon Box that Talked (Scholastic, 1996) Cute, if not terribly above-average, book about the celebration of difference—none of the crayons in the box gets along until an optimistic child buys the box, takes it home, and shows all the colors how they have to work together to create a picture. It took the Bean quite a while to warm up to this one, but I think he's getting the hang of it now. Not sure how well it holds up to repeated re-reads, since he never asks for them with this one, but nice enough in small doses. ***

I read this to my first graders during African American history month and then we did a lesson on what if everything was just one color. I had them draw a picture of outside (grass, trees, sky, etc.) but they could only use one color. I put crayons in a bucket and students, without looking, had to pick one color. The point was to show them that things would not look so good if it were all one color and how the world is a better place with different colors.

As a school social worker I'm using this book to talk to a predominantly African-American 1st grade class who is having problems with teasing due to being too light or too dark. After I read the book I have them hold up their pointer finger and pretend it's a crayon. I tell them to scribble on their desk with their crayon and then look at the scribbles of the kids around them. The color that is produced is the color of their skin. They see that none of the shades are exactly the same, and that leads into a discussion of why we treat people differently due to skin color. It puts a somewhat complex concept into simple terms and is a delight to read. Kids love it!

When a little girl overhears a box of crayons who doesn't get along complaining in a toy store, she decides to bring them home. She creates a picture, showing the crayons a thing or two about valuing one another and working together to create something even greater than is possible when standing alone. Colorful illustrations and rhyme combine to tell this creative story about teamwork and kindness.

The next book review The Crayon box that talked This is a sweet little book. It’s perfect for kindergartners! A little girl brings the crayon box home. She truly saves the day. The book teaches how different, yet important each crayon is. It’s an easy read and flows very well.

I absolutely love this book and the message behind it. I read this to my daughter when she was younger and as a Read Aloud Volunteer have read and shared this message with many children. I would recommend it to any family/teacher/volunteer wanting to teach children about diversity and how special it is to accept the differences in people.

This was my daughter’s favorite book. We read it constantly. She is now 18 years old and is finishing her first year of college. This book still sits on her library shelf where she displays it proudly!

I read this years ago. It's cute, has fun pacing, has an incredibly weird setup, and is just a great way to show young and old alike how working together is so much better than arguing. That said, I went and looked at "My Crayons Talk", which School Library Journal touts so excitedly while bashing this little gem of a children's book. Apparently, School Library Journal has an issue with bright colors and unstilted rhyme with a deeper meaning and would prefer young kids to learn language via muted images with no conflict. Shame on them. Love this book!

We regularly use this book for team building training for teens and adults. Before "story time" we hand out crayons to the group. The participants are asked what color they would like and then are given a different color (as an example that in life you don't get to pick your gifts and talents!). And then everyone gets to sign the book with their crayon. This book is a hit with all ages and a fun way of dealing with the serious topics of respecting differences and working as a team.

I frequently use books to teach lessons (in an indirect way) to students. My area of expertise is teaching students with disabilities. For the individuals that I teach, it is important to make them think about issues -- rather than "telling" them what to think. This books lends itself to some great discussions. Recently a friend of mine used it with members of the Student Council at our high school -- they LOVED it!!! A must have...(along with Giraffes Can't Dance). J. Michael Woods, M.Ed. Teacher, Exceptional Student Education Doctoral Student, Florida Atlantic University

This book is one of my favorites! First off it rhymes! Kids love that about the book! It flows nice and is easy to ready for the older kids. Plus the poem is a pleasure to listen to for the younger kids. It talks about colors while touching on diversity. It is a must have for the classroom or you own child's book shelf!

Martin Luther King would have loved this book and the lesson that it teaches. We should send it to our president.

I thought the story had a great message. But I was bothered by the fact that every person in the book had white skin. The message was about the crayons getting along and coming together to make a beautiful picture, so it seemed obvious that the theme of diversity should be carry out across subjects in the book. After all wasn't that the authors's intent? Wasn't the intention to have children relate the experience to their own relationships? I hope a 2nd edition of this book is made containing diverse people...once that is done it will get 5 stars from me.

Satisfied with purchase and delivery

Product and picture description is a bit different

A fun children's picture book!

Great read aloud with moving lesson to be learned by all. I teach 5th grade & even my students that think they are sooo grown, they actually love this book too.

Lots of rhyming and teaches how all colors are beautiful. I need ten words for this sentence. Love this book.

Thanks!

This is a great book that my daughter's preschool actually turned into a short play done by the parents. It was too cute. We still read it regularly 2 years later.

This book was great. While attending the TASC (Tennessee Student Council) state convention, one of our keynote speakers read us this book. This was to about 650 junior high and high school students. The kids loved the book. It is one of those books that no matter how old you are, it carries a powerful message. I am buying it for myself (36 year old teacher) and my classes.

Great book. My daughter really loved the faces the little crayons were making. I like how they all learn that working together is where it's at!

When is this coming out In a board book? A great read about crayons learning to value the differences they have.

I originally bought this book to use with a 2nd grade class, but my four year old son just loves it. The colors are bright and bold. He loves picking out all the colored crayons as I read about them in the book. This book could be read with three year olds to help them with colors. Great book - I hope you like it too!

This is my son's favorite book. I used to read it to him (he's 4) but now he reads it to me...and I learn something new everytime he does. The poem is simple yet profound...it's about a box of crayons that doesn't get along until...well, read it and find out!!! It's a must have for all home libraries. Adults can learn a lot from this book, too.

I recently purchased a dozen copies of "The Crayon Box That Talked" to give to friends and this evening a request to write a review popped up. Interesting, for sure. (And certainly rare when an author is asked to review his or her own book.) But what the heck...here goes: "I LOVE THIS BOOK! I THINK EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD BUY A COPY. OR TWO!"

Loved it

I recieved my book in great condition and within a weeks time. Was great, I have continued to order from Amazon.

This is a well written book about a very cute idea. My daughter (2 1/2) loves it.

I absolutely love my book. I read it to my students and did an activity with it for Black History Month. It was shipped to me within a week. I was very pleased with this condition of the book and cannot wait to use it again next year!

This book is great for children at the elementary level. It teaches about cooperation and how to get along with others.

I love this story. I think this story is so cute!! I bought this as a first birthday card and wrote a message to my niece in it rather than a paper card!! I hope she loves the story as much as I do!!

I have had this book for quite a while and each year I read it to my students and they love it as much as I do.

Perfect book for my students. Delivered in great condition.

Possibly the inspiration for 'The day the crayons quit'! A nice little story about how we can live together even though we are different. Great service from 'Wordery' - many thanks.

Excellent book using it as a children's talk in Scool and church about people working together

Nice little board book and great poem.

lovely book

I was expecting more from this book especially based on the feedback on Goodreads.com. The colours and pictures are relatively done well but somehow the writing is not as exciting. The concept is good ie that only when the colours work together can they create something good and that appreciating each other's strengths is also important. This book gets a 3 star from me purely because I liked the messaging.