★ 賴嘉綾的繪本報一報 


Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Beige Crayon is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown Crayon. Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. Blue needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking—each believes he is the true color of the sun. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best? Kids will be imagining their own humorous conversations with crayons and coloring a blue streak after sharing laughs with Drew Daywalt and New York Times bestseller Oliver Jeffers. This story is perfect as a back-to-school gift, for all budding artists, for fans of humorous books such as Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith, and for fans of Oliver Jeffers' Stuck, The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Lost and Found, and This Moose Belongs to Me.


可憐的小肯只是想畫畫，但他打開蠟筆盒，裡面只有一疊信，內容都是蠟筆抱怨它們受夠了！它們要罷工！淺褐色蠟筆不想再當褐色蠟筆的配角，黑色蠟筆不願只能當輪廓的色彩，藍色蠟筆不想只畫大海及河流，至於橘色和黃色蠟筆則沉默不語，它們都堅信自己才是描繪太陽的顏色。小肯該如何安撫這些蠟筆，並說服它們回到原本自己最擅長的崗位呢？孩子透過與作者祖兒‧戴沃特及《紐約時報》暢銷繪本作家奧利佛‧傑法開心對話，也能開始想像自己與這些蠟筆展開有趣的對話，彩繪出湛藍的線條。喜歡幽默書籍或喜歡奧利佛‧傑法的繪本如《Stuck》、《不可思議的吃書男孩》、《遠在天邊》、《這隻麋鹿是我的！》的書迷及新秀藝術家都有福了，本書幽默程度媲美莫‧威勒的《別讓鴿子開公車》及約翰席斯卡和藍‧史密斯的《三隻小豬的真實故事》，絕對是最棒的開學前讀物。