The Crayon Man

On the front, cover of the book the crayons are holding signs. Why do you think this is?

• Because they are protesting/angry about something.

• Because signs are pretty.

• Because they wanted to hold something to exercise their arms.

• Because they like making signs.

Who wrote the letters that Duncan found in his bag?

• Elves

• His friends

• His crayons

• His parents

What did purple crayon say was going to cause him to completely lose it?

• Duncan not colouring inside the lines.

• Duncan singing too loudly

• Duncan ignoring him at school

• Duncan not colouring the sun purple

What colour did this crayon say he was at the end of his letter?

• Brown

• Tan

• Beige

• Chocolate

Why was grey crayon writing his letter of complaint to Duncan?

• because he wanted to be the colour of the sun

• because he was only used to colour very small things

• because he was only used to colour enormous things

• because he had to work during the holidays

What did black crayon ask Duncan to do to a picture of a beach ball ‘some time’?

• colour it black

• colour it yellow

• colour it pink

• cross it out

Why did both the yellow and orange crayons think that they were the colour of the sun?

• because Duncan had used yellow and orange to colour in the sun in his colouring books

• because Duncan had used yellow and orange to colour in the fields in his colouring books

• because Duncan had used yellow and orange to colour in the ocean in his colouring books

• because Duncan had used yellow and orange to colour in the sun in his literacy book

Why was blue crayon so stubby?

• because Duncan had used him too much

• because Duncan kept him in the sun

• because Duncan didn't use him very often

• because Duncan said he didn't like blue

Why didn’t Duncan use the pink crayon?

• because he thought it was a girls colour

• because he lost the pink crayon

• because he had peeled the paper off the pink crayon

• because he thought the pink crayon was a boys colour

Who do you think this book is written for?