The Day The Crayons Came Home

By (author) Drew Daywalt; By (author) Daywalt Drew; Illustrated by Jeffers Oliver
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The hilarious sequel to the prize-winning, international bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit!

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The hilarious sequel to the prize-winning, international bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit!

Watch out – the crayons are back and they’re crosser than ever!

One day Duncan receives a set of postcards from his crayons who have been lost, forgotten, broken – even melted in a clothes dryer and stuck to a sock!

A hilarious text and joyful illustrations combine to show that crayons have feelings too in this laugh-out-loud sequel to bestselling picture book The Day the Crayons Quit.

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Praise for The Day the Crayons Quit:

“Hilarious picture book brilliance…” Books for Keeps

“It’s funny, clever and pushes kids’ creativity.” The Telegraph

“…stunning illustrations” Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian

Praise for This Moose Belongs to Me:
“As ever, Jeffers’s illustrations delight, inspire and surprise with their variety and ingenuity.” The Guardian

Praise for Stuck:
“Brilliantly silly” – The Telegraph

Praise for The Incredible Book Eating Boy:
“Mouth-wateringly irresistible” The Guardian

Praise for Stuck:
“Brilliantly silly” – The Telegraph

Praise for The Incredible Book Eating Boy:
“Mouth-wateringly irresistible” The Guardian

Biographical note

Drew Daywalt is an award-winning writer/director of film and TV, his work featured on Disney, MTV, FEARnet and Syfy. He lives in Southern California.

Oliver Jeffers graduated from The University of Ulster in 2001 with First Class honours. His outstanding talent has been recognised by several high-profile awards, including the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award. ‘Lost and Found’ animation was broadcast on Channel 4. Oliver lives and works in Brookyln, New York.

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• The sequel to the hugely successful The Day the Crayons Quit - now in paperback!

• Oliver is one of the most important and talented artists in today’s market, whose picture books have been translated in to 33 languages, and whose lifetime sales exceed £5.3 million! (May 2014)

• The Day the Crayons Quit won the Children’s Choice Award at the CBI awards 2014 and is a NY Times number 1 bestseller

• Oliver held a weekend of events at the Southbank Centre and an installation at the Discover Centre in November 2014, resulting in major national media coverage

• Lost and Found won the Gold Award at the Nestle Children’s Book Prize in 2005, and also the Blue Peter Book of the Year award. An animated film of the book was screened on Channel 4 and won a BAFTA for Best Children’s Animation in 2009

• Check out Oliver’s fantastic website at www.oliverjeffersworld.com

Competition: I Want My Hat Back; We Found a Hat; A Bit Lost; Shh! We Have a Plan!; Goodnight Everyone;Meanwhile Back on Earth. Jon Klassen; Chris Haughton; Jim Field; Rachel Bright