Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Picture Book Biography - The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow

Illustrated by Steven Salerno
Biography of Edwin Binney
2019, Houghton Mifflin
HC $17.99
40 pgs.
Goodreads rating:  4.35 - 365 ratings
My rating:  4
Endpapers:  many colored pencils without wrappers going horizontally on the page
1st line/s:  "Once there was a man who saw color EVERYWHERE."

My comments: Another good picture book biography!  Great illustrations.

Goodreads:  Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This picture book biography tells the story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved stationary supplies. 
           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. 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 box for only a nickel!

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