Picture Book Day 5: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts Featuring THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT
By Drew Daywalt
Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Philomel/Penguin, 2013
Summary:
Each crayon in the box writes a note to Duncan complaining about being used too much or too little. Duncan has to think of a clever way to keep them all happy.
Mentor Text Writing Skills:
* Voice
* Point of View
* Tone
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