The Day the Crayons Came Home - Kids Books Read Aloud

[Music] the day the crayons came home written by Drew Dewalt illustrated by Oliver Jeffers one day Duncan and his crayons were happily coloring together when a strange stack of postcards arrived for him in the mail dear Duncan not sure if you remember me my name is maroon crayon you only colored with me once to draw a scab but whatever anyways you lost me two years ago in the couch then your dad sat on me and broke me in half I would have never survived had Paperclip not nursed me back to health I'm finally better so come get me and can Paperclip come too he's really holding me together sincerely your maroon crayon meringue crayon dear Duncan no one likes peas no one even likes the color pea green so I'm changing my name and running away to see the world sincerely Esteban the Magnificent the crayon formerly known as pea green hi Duncan it's me neon red crayon remember that great vacation we had with your family remember how we laughed when we drew a picture of your dad's sunburn remember dropping me by the hotel pool when you left clearly you do not because I'm still here how could you miss me anyway after eight months waiting for you to come and get me I guess I'm walking back you're left behind friend neon red crayon Duncan it's us yellow and orange we know we used to argue over which of us was the color of the Sun but guess what neither of us wants to be the color of the Sun anymore not since we were left outside in the Sun melted us together you know the real color of the Sun hot that's what we're sorry for arguing you can make green the Sun for all we care just bring us home you're not so sunny friends yellow and orange hey Duncan I'm sure you don't recognize me after the horrors I've been through I think I was tan crayon or maybe burnt sienna I don't know I can't tell anymore have you ever been eaten by a dog and puked up on the living room rug because I have I have been eaten by a dog and puked up on the rug Duncan it's not pretty not pretty at all I'm more carpet fuzz than crayon now can you please bring me back your undigestible friend tan or possibly burnt sienna crayon dearest Duncan could you please open the front door I still need to see the world sincerely Esteban the Magnificent hey Duncan remember last Halloween we told your little brother there was a ghost under the basement stairs then we drew the scary stuff on the wall sure was funny when he ran screaming right but it wasn't so funny when you forgot to take me out of the basement please come get me I'm kind of terribly horrified you're scared friend glow-in-the-dark crayon dear Duncan looks like I'm almost home being through China Canada and France I think just crossing New Jersey by camel now New Jersey has giant pyramids right see you soon neon red crayon yes next stop the North Pole I think Duncan does page 8 of Pirate Island ringabel kind of a big payday for captain green beer there don't you think and nope runts are silver in that pile huh I told you it'd make me blunt if you color at each coin individually but would you listen no I also told you those silly crayon sharpeners never work did you listen to that also no now I can't color anything at all you're pointless friend Gold crayon PS pencil had to write this for me dear Duncan I've seen the world it's raining I'm coming back Esteban the Magnificent high Junkin you're probably wondering why my head is stuck to your sock a question I ask myself every day well it's because last week you left me in your pocket and I ended up in the dryer I landed on your sock and now he's stuck to my head can you please come get me also why does everything you wear still smell even after it's washed your sticky sucky Stuckey on my head buddy turquoise crayon PS success hi dear mr. Duncan I know I'm not your crayon I know I belong to your baby brother but I can't take him anymore in the last week alone he's bitten the top of my head put me in the cat's nose drawn on the wall and tried to color garbage with me the worst part is that he is a terrible artist I can't tell what his drawings are donkeys monkeys jumping on the COSO set every child is an artist but I don't know I don't think he met your brother please rescue me you're desperate friend big chunky toddler crayon Duncan greetings from the Amazon rainforest making great time I think I'm almost home neon red crayon hello Duncan it's me brown crayon you know exactly why I ran away buddy everyone thinks I get all the great coloring jobs candy bars puppies ponies lucky me right bet they don't know what else you used to color do they I didn't think so the rest of the drawing was great but did it really need that final brown scribble I'll come back but please let's stick to candy bars okay you're very embarrassed friend Brown crayon Duncan was sad to learn if all the crayons he'd lost forgotten broken or neglected over the years so he ran around gathering them up but Duncan's crayons were also damaged and differently shaped than they used to be that they no longer fit in the crayon box so Duncan had an idea he built a place where each crayon would always feel at home and then in Cleveland I got to hike the Great Wall of China thanks for listening and don't forget to subscribe want to check out the last story we read here's the link do you have a favorite book you want read aloud leave it in the comments below [Music]

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Length: 7min 19sec (439 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 13 2019