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Broken Crayons Still Color

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Wait time: About 2 weeks
0 of 1 copy available
Wait time: About 2 weeks

Help your kids process big feelings, build a social-emotional tool kit, and find beauty in life's challenges with this creative story that expresses the hope of the gospel from podcast host, speaker, and mom Toni Collier.

Avery has big emotions and bubbling anxieties about changes in her life. When her crayons break as she scribbles furiously, she discovers that they have personalities and feelings too! And they can show her how to use her love of coloring to manage scary, overwhelming feelings and embrace curiosity and joy. As Avery follows the crayons' advice, gets creative, and chooses bravery and positive thinking, she discovers that God can use her to make beautiful things, even with broken crayons.

In Broken Crayons Still Color, children 4 to 8 will

  • see that everyone feels frustrated and overwhelmed at times
  • learn to express emotions and explore creativity
  • practice coping skills, such as drawing worries, affirmations, and breathing
  • understand that God loves them just as they are and He can turn their mistakes and weaknesses into beautiful new things
  • This illustrated picture book includes

  • an inventive illustration style that models to children how to draw their own feelings
  • an emotion color chart to guide children in identifying how they feel
  • With a fun story, silly crayon characters, and practical guidance for kids struggling with powerful emotions, insecurity, and perfectionism, Broken Crayons Still Color will entertain children as it assures them that God is making a beautiful masterpiece out of things they thought were broken. The presentation page and deluxe dust jacket make this encouraging book a beautiful gift for back-to-school, kids facing new experiences and tough situations, and any child with big feelings.

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      • Kirkus

        June 1, 2023
        Collier, founder of the international women's ministry Broken Crayons Still Color, and co-author Bak help kids tackle first-day-of-school jitters. There's nothing like a new box of crayons, especially when the first day of school is right around the corner. Avery tries to enjoy coloring, but she feels "flippy, fizzy, and fluttery inside." When Avery doesn't want to eat dinner, her father realizes she's nervous and encourages her to pray. Avery replies that she's too scared; her father tells her, "You can do hard things." Later, Avery draws with her crayons, but her depictions of her first day reflect her anxieties--attempting to draw the school playground, she scrawls an image of her being hit by a ball while another child laughs. Suddenly, Avery's crayons break. Realizing she's made a mess, she begins to sob: "I'm a mess, just like these crayons." But one of the crayons Avery broke begins talking to her, telling her not to put herself down. The very polite crayons reassure Avery, telling her it's OK to feel bad, offering her strategies for calming herself, and telling her that "no mess is ever too big for God." Vasilica's sprightly illustration are charming and inviting, while the message is a soothing one--though one more likely to appeal to religious, especially Christian, readers. Avery and her family present Black. (This book was reviewed digitally.) Religious-themed affirmation to help steel little ones fretting about school. (feelings color wheel) (Picture book. 4-8)

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    • English

    Levels

    • ATOS Level:2.9
    • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty:0-2

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