The Inspiring Tale of Edwin Binney and the Birth of Crayola Crayons

Susan L. Moscareillo: This lovely book is full of energy and beautiful pictures and information! I don’t know if this book is more fun for the adults reading it to the child or the child who is listening to the story.

United States on Sep 24, 2023

Cyndee Whitney: The book tells the story of Binney and Smith who decided to make a safe, colorful, drawing crayon for children. The process takes the reader from their very first idea to successful box of colorful crayons complete with all the challenges and setbacks. A great book to follow an idea process from inception to great end result. I bring chalk, crayons, and paper when I read it with children so they can see and feel the difference in the products.

United States on Mar 15, 2023

Beverly McGinnis: Book is like the other crayon books so it is a good supplement

United States on Jan 25, 2023

Nathaniel Higdon: Bought to investigate if it would make a good gift. The story is short enough to keep the child’s attention and detailed enough for an adult to enjoy. I liked how the color words were bolded to emphasize the colors and this would be a great book to teach colors. The pictures are also really well done, colorful, and pleasant. I think this will make a great gift.

United States on Oct 06, 2022

Phred: I sincerely hope that the Crayola Crayon remains a near universal childhood experience. I well remember that we all started with the flat pack of 8<?> colors. Then slowly the larger packs began separating the cool and kids . Clearly the first step in making us all class conscious was the advent of the larger pack . Just having many crayons in the box was cool but so last year once the giant box came out with an included crayon sharpener. Lots of crayons in a box eventually became over kill, besides it was always the same basics that got turned into stubs. A sixty-four crayon box was cool, but everyone needed another: blue or red or white(clouds what else?), and the sun alone could eat up tons of yellow.

Natascha Biebow with illustrator Steven Salerno have produced in The Crayon Man what has to be the only way to tell the story of Edwin Binney and cousin C. Harold Smith and the invention of the Crayola Crayon. Of course, it is lavishly illustrated in the Crayola colors and of course sometimes the colors go outside the lines.

I well remember being kept after school because I tended to scribble when I was filling in large areas in a drawing. Never quite figure out...

United States on May 29, 2022

Amazon Customer: this was a gift for my granddaughter, she seemed to really enjoy the true reason that colorful crayons were invented.

Canada on Sep 07, 2021

Like to read: We all use Crayons, but I didn't know about the story behind them. This was fun for the kids, especially the bit at the end with the 'behind the scenes' peek inside the factory today. really well written too!

Germany on Mar 02, 2021