It’s characters are crayons after all, and fantastically coloured crayons at that. I was secretly happy that they also discovered that picture books can be enjoyed by adults and teenagers, too! My 4 and 8 year-olds also like reading Red: A Crayon’s Story. They read this book as a group a few weeks ago and discussion ensued as to the many messages this short picture book holds. My sister is the staff member of her high school’s LGBTQ+ club. I’m red.” With Berry’s encouragement, Red discovers that making blue waves is easy! So is drawing bluebells, blue jeans, blue birds, and blue whales! With the encouragement of the other crayons, who are beginning to understand Red, Red reaches for the sky, and stays there. When Red meets Berry, who asks if Red can draw an ocean for its boat, Red replies “I can’t. Amber crayon is the only one that wonders if Red is really red at all.
Maybe Red should practice more, mix with other colours, press harder, or needs tape to fix a break that isn’t even visible. Red’s mother, teacher, the other crayons and the art supplies have some advice. All of the other crayons’ waxy bodies are the same colours as their wrappers. Despite trying so hard, fire engines and strawberries just don’t turn out as they are expected to. It is very clear that the crayon peeking out from under its wrapper is as blue as blue can be. It turns out that Red is horrible at being red. Red crayon is a red crayon because his paper jacket is the colour red and it says ‘Red’. This picture book tells a story of identity, be it gender identity or other, from a near perfect perspective.
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