THE DAY THE CRAYONS CAME HOME

Author:  Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers

Genre:  Children's, 2 of 2

Published:  2015

Personal Rating:  3.75/5 (good +)

Format:  eBook

Yearly Count:  14

The crayons are asking to be rescued from their individual fates.

This book was much more colorful (pun intended) than The Day the Crayons Quit!  It had more creativity and intrigue.  Cute.

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THE DAYS THE CRAYONS QUIT

Author:  Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers

Genre:  Children's, 1 of 2

Published:  2013

Personal Rating:  3/5 (just okay)

Format:  eBook

Yearly Count:  7

When a little boy opens his crayon box, he is surprised with a letter from each of the colors explaining why they quit!

I loved the idea of this book and the creativity; however, I was expecting more.

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RE-ZOOM

Author:  Istvan Banyai

Genre:  Children's Picture Book, Sequel

Published:  1995

Personal Rating:  3.5/5 (good)

Format:  Book

Yearly Count:  3

This picture book begins with a portion of a picture then zooms out to get a better view of the object, then zooms out again to a larger view, etc.

This is a sequel in the sense that it follows the same pattern as Zoom -- it zooms out from an image.  I didn't like this one as much as the first, but it was still interesting and fun to look it.

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ZOOM

Author:  Istvan Banyai

Genre:  Children's Picture Book, 1 of 2

Published:  1995

Personal Rating:  4/5 (very good)

Format:  Book

Yearly Count:  2

This picture book begins with a portion of a picture then zooms out to get a better view of the object, then zooms out again to a larger view, etc.

I heard about this book on an episode of Serial and had to check it out.  I really enjoyed it and would like to peruse it with a child.  

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