My Crayons Talk

by Patricia Hubbard, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)

Overview

My Crayons Talk is the award-winning, Children's Book Council chosen favorite from writer Patricia Hubbard and artist G. Brian Karas celebrating how colors express themselves—and what they mean to a young girl.

Colors, feelings, images, and words jostle and bounce off one another in this lively picture book, creating as much fun as any box of crayons has ever had.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805061505
Publisher:	Square Fish
Publication date:	03/15/1999
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	538,806
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.06(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Patricia Hubbard lives with her husband on the shores of the Columbia River in Washington State.

G. Brian Karas has illustrated many best-selling books for children. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York.

Editorial Reviews

In snappy couplets ... and big, scribbly drawings ... a red-headed moppet conducts a rollicking show-and-tell of colors and their associations.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

From the Publisher

A dozen crayons, each being true to their respective colors, talk to a little girl as she draws pictures. Ages 4-7. (May) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-Gr 1-If 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

School Library Journal

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.

Kirkus Reviews