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The Crayon Man

The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons

Natascha Biebow author Steven Salerno illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Published:1st Apr '19

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The Crayon Man cover

What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands? But children didn't always have such magical boxes of crayons. Before Edwin Binney set out to change things, children couldn't really even draw in colour. Here’s the true story of an inventor who so loved nature’s vibrant colours that he found a way to bring the outside world to children – in a bright green box for only a nickel! With experimentation, and a special knack for listening, Edwin Binney and his dynamic team at Crayola created one of the world’s most enduring, best-loved childhood toys – empowering children to dream in COLOUR!

"British author Biebow's first nonfiction picture book flows with conversational smoothness....The attractive full-page—and, accordingly, brightly colorful—illustrations mix realism and whimsy in Salerno's recognizable style."–Booklist   "A colorful addition to the shelves of picture books about inventors and inventions and all things STEAM."–School Library Journal   "Readers are likely to be fascinated."–Publishers Weekly   "In this chatty, engaging picture book, Biebow provides the historical context around the invention of Crayola crayons....What [Caldecott Medalist] Jon Klassen achieves emotionally in his characters' eyes, Salerno manages with eyebrows here."–Kirkus  "Biebow conveys just how revolutionary this now-mundane product was at its inception....Salerno’s illustrations of the Binney and Smith workforce, marching around the factory in color-splotched overalls and pursuing their experiments with the zeal of alchemists, keep the visual excitement building."–The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books —

ISBN: 9781328866844

Dimensions: 279mm x 216mm x 10mm

Weight: 435g

48 pages