- Comedy
- The Crayons collection
- Ages 2–7
The Crayons Companion Books
Part of the collectionThe Crayons→The themed companion picture books, love, bedtime, mornings, school, the planet and manners, applying the crayons' comedy to gentle occasions and topics.
- Books6
- Arcs1
- Span2017–2024
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
Alongside the core epistolary trilogy, the Crayons franchise runs a line of themed companion picture books that apply the same per-colour personality formula to different occasions and topics. Love from the Crayons and Goodnight, Crayons and Good Morning, Crayons work as gentle, cosy gift and routine books, softer in mood than the main series (Love from the Crayons is illustrated by Lori Richmond rather than Oliver Jeffers). The Crayons Go Back to School, The Crayons Love Our Planet and The Crayons' Book of Manners hook the crayons' comedy onto seasonal and educational themes, back-to-school nerves, the environment, politeness, without ever lecturing. Each stands alone and suits younger children who know the characters, or who aren't quite ready for the epistolary humour of the main books.
The themed companion picture books, love, bedtime, mornings, school, the planet and manners, applying the crayons' comedy to gentle occasions and topics.
No fixed order; each companion is a standalone. Most land best once children already know the crayon characters from the main series.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcLow sensitivity
The Crayons companions
Six themed Crayons companion books for love, sleep, mornings, school, the planet and manners.
The companion line is fully episodic, six standalone picture books that reuse the franchise's central conceit, crayons with distinct personalities, for gentler occasions than the workplace comedy of the main series. Love from the Crayons is a lyrical Valentine's or gift book; Goodnight, Crayons and Good Morning, Crayons bookend the day as cosy routine reads; The Crayons Go Back to School meets first-day nerves; The Crayons Love Our Planet runs the colours through environmental themes; and The Crayons' Book of Manners makes politeness genuinely funny. All are low sensitivity and highly read-aloud-friendly, and each works alone, though they land best with children who already know the crayon cast. A softer, warmer strand of the franchise.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 2–7
- Read aloud · 2–7
- Independent · 5–7
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Adult crossover
High
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
In the same universe
Sister series.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
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