- Comedy
- Picture Books
- Ages 3–7
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
The Crayons is Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers' hugely popular picture-book franchise about Duncan's crayons, each with its own complaint, personality and point of view. The books turn classroom stationery into a brilliant comic ensemble: overworked red, underused white, ignored peach, homesick neon red and many more. The franchise is funny and very accessible, but also unusually useful for talking about perspective, fairness, creativity, belonging and how different voices can all matter inside the same box.
A very funny, clever picture-book series about opinionated crayons, creativity, fairness and seeing the world from different points of view.
Primary themes
Tone palette
- Funny
- Silly
- Warm
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
What The Crayons has done
- Bestseller list
- Major award winner
Cultural ubiquity
5/ 5Household name — recognised across generations.
Sensitivity
Low, and collection-wide.
Across the collection
All 9 books.
About the creator