- Picture Books
- Ages 3–7
- Comedy
The Crayons Go Back to School
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The crayons are going back to school, and each one has very specific feelings about it. A reassuring, funny back-to-school read that does for September what The Crayons' Christmas does for December.
- Best for3–7
- FormatPicture
- Length32 pp
- Read aloud~6 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Warm
- Gentle
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
It's September, and the crayons are heading back to the classroom. Red crayon is confident, it does most of the important work. Yellow crayon is excited but slightly nervous. Pea Green crayon would rather not, frankly. The back-to-school premise is an excellent fit for the Crayons franchise, since school is the natural habitat of art supplies, and Daywalt uses it to run each colour's personality through the familiar first-day anxieties and excitements. The result is a tie-in that has genuine seasonal utility: a funny picture book to read alongside children before the new school year, which acknowledges the range of feelings without turning into a reassurance manual. Works best as a gift for a child starting school or returning after summer, and is equally effective with a class group as with an individual child.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 3–7
- Read aloud · 3–7
- Independent · 5–7
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Works well for
- 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
- Back to school
- Gift book
- Discussion starter
- 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…
- Starting school
- Interested in art and creativity
- Reluctant reader
In the classroom
How it works in school.
A cheerful Crayons read-aloud about going back to school — a light, reassuring pick for the new term.
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 weight is each colour's first-day feelings — Red confident because it does most of the important work, Yellow excited but slightly nervous, Pea Green frankly preferring not to go at all. The Crayons back-to-school tie-in that does for September what the Christmas book does for December.
- Trickery and cleverness
- Friendship and belonging
Why parents love it
The September Crayons — natural franchise fit since school is where art supplies live, runs each personality through first-day anxieties and excitements. Useful for the back-to-school anxiety conversation without becoming a reassurance manual.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
About the creators
About the creators.
If you liked this
Three ways out of this book.
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.
More like this…
Books that share themes and topics with this one.
Where you’ll find it
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