   | Brand-new, never-used, perfect crayons Author: Hatch, Leanne | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
When Violet gets a super big box of crayons she can't bring herself to use them because they are so perfect.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (07/01/23)
Booklist (06/15/23)
The Hornbook (00/07/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 06/01/2023 At the store with her father and Marigold, her younger sister, Violet asks her father for a box of 84 crayons, and he agrees. Back at home, she does her chores and then takes the crayons out of their box. After arranging them in different ways, she carefully puts them back, reluctant to “ruin them” by drawing with them. She repeats this ritual for days, even after giving Marigold her old, broken crayons. When Violet finds Marigold using the new ones, she gets angry, first at Marigold and then at the crayons. Finally, she realizes that she’s tired of worrying about them. After apologizing to each other, the sisters break in the new crayons by drawing pictures together. In Hatch’s three picture books, which include Unraveled (2021) and Rosie and the Pre-loved Dress (2022), the writing shows a fine-tuned awareness of young children’s emotions. While the art was created digitally, many of the lines suggest children’s crayon drawings through their spontaneity as well as their textured and sometimes layered strokes of color. An appealing, rewarding read-aloud choice. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
Booklist - 06/15/2023 At the store with her father and Marigold, her younger sister, Violet asks her father for a box of 84 crayons, and he agrees. Back at home, she does her chores and then takes the crayons out of their box. After arranging them in different ways, she carefully puts them back, reluctant to “ruin them” by drawing with them. She repeats this ritual for days, even after giving Marigold her old, broken crayons. When Violet finds Marigold using the new ones, she gets angry, first at Marigold and then at the crayons. Finally, she realizes that she’s tired of worrying about them. After apologizing to each other, the sisters break in the new crayons by drawing pictures together. In Hatch’s three picture books, which include Unraveled (2021) and Rosie and the Pre-loved Dress (2022), the writing shows a fine-tuned awareness of young children’s emotions. While the art was created digitally, many of the lines suggest children’s crayon drawings through their spontaneity as well as their textured and sometimes layered strokes of color. An appealing, rewarding read-aloud choice. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
