- Picture Books
- Ages 3–6
- Comedy
The Crayons' Book of Manners
Part of the The Crayons universeOpen the collection
The crayons tackle manners, and deliver lessons on politeness with the same irreverence they bring to everything else. Funnier than any actual book about manners has any right to be, and a good discussion-starter without being preachy.
- Best for3–6
- FormatPicture
- Length40 pp
- Read aloud~8 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Warm
- Irreverent
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
Leave it to the crayons to make a book about manners genuinely funny. Each colour's approach to good behaviour is filtered through their established personality: Red crayon is emphatic about the importance of saying please, but only when it suits them. Pea Green crayon maintains that you should always be polite to people who might underestimate you. The franchise's comic engine gets applied to social etiquette, and the result is a book that makes the manners message land precisely because it never lectures. Daywalt's genius continues to be finding the absurdist angle on everyday situations, and Jeffers' deadpan crayon faces make every lesson funnier than it would be with a human character. A natural gift for a child who could do with a nudge in the manners department, delivered in the one form they'll actually want to listen to.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 3–6
- Read aloud · 3–7
- Independent · 5–7
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Works well for
- Reading aloud
- Reading together
- Gift-buying
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
3 / 5 · Workable
Sensitive-child
4 / 5 · Good fit
Graphic intensity
1 / 5 · None
Best for
- Discussion starter
- Gift book
- Laugh out loud
- Art lovers
- Read aloud
Avoid if
No common reasons to avoid this one — a rare clean sweep on the sensitivity flags.
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Interested in art and creativity
In the classroom
How it works in school.
A funny Crayons read-aloud about minding your manners — a light, cheerful prompt for talk about being polite and kind.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific delight is each colour's etiquette — Red insistent about please but only when convenient, Pea Green politely advising politeness to people who might underestimate you, manners filtered through every crayon's established personality. The Crayons book that's funnier than a manners book has any right to be.
- Trickery and cleverness
- Friendship and belonging
Why parents love it
The most explicitly didactic Crayons book — Daywalt finding the absurdist angle on social etiquette, Jeffers' deadpan faces preventing it from lecturing. Useful gift for the manners-needs-a-nudge child, delivered in a form they'll actually read.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
- Conversation starter
About the creators
About the creators.
If you liked this
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If you liked this, try…
Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
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