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The Crayon Man : True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons - Natascha Biebow

The Crayon Man

True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons

By: Natascha Biebow

Hardcover | 19 May 2019

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Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon!

This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons Quit and Balloons Over Broadway.

Purple mountains' majesty, mauvelous, jungle green, razzmatazz ...

What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands? But children didn't always have such magical boxes of crayons. Before Edwin Binney set out to change things, children couldn't really even draw in colour. Here's the true story of an inventor who so loved nature's vibrant colors that he found a way to bring the outside world to children - in a bright green box for only a nickel!

With experimentation, and a special knack for listening, Edwin Binney and his dynamic team at Crayola created one of the world's most enduring, best-loved childhood toys - empowering children to dream in colour!

Book Features:
  • Crayola has approved this text and art and are excited to share this story.
  • Children around the world use Crayola Crayons every day and Edwin's story shows how a little imagination can bring color to the world.
  • Fun and informative sidebars that are perfect for teaching kids about the history of crayons and how they're made.
About the Author

Natascha Biebow was a children's book editor for twenty years in London, at Random House, ABC and DK, is now the British Isles SCBWI advisor and runs a wonderful writer's workshop business called Blue Elephant. She lives in London with her family.
Industry Reviews
"British author Biebow's first nonfiction picture book flows with conversational smoothness....The attractive full-page-and, accordingly, brightly colorful-illustrations mix realism and whimsy in Salerno's recognizable style."-Booklist "A colorful addition to the shelves of picture books about inventors and inventions and all things STEAM."-School Library Journal "Readers are likely to be fascinated."-Publishers Weekly "In this chatty, engaging picture book, Biebow provides the historical context around the invention of Crayola crayons....What [Caldecott Medalist] Jon Klassen achieves emotionally in his characters' eyes, Salerno manages with eyebrows here."-Kirkus "Biebow conveys just how revolutionary this now-mundane product was at its inception....Salerno's illustrations of the Binney and Smith workforce, marching around the factory in color-splotched overalls and pursuing their experiments with the zeal of alchemists, keep the visual excitement building."-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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