by Michael Hall, Michael Hall
Red is a story about a blue crayon stuck in red wrapping. Its about being yourself and doing your own thing. This teaches students that everyone has different talents and not everyone is good at the same thing. I would use this book in my classroom to show students that they need to be themselves an...
Red: A Crayon's Story is on a 1.6 AR level. This story is about a crayon who is labeled as red but is actually blue. Throughout the story, the crayon sees himself as a failure because everything he draws that is supposed to be red is not good enough. However, he realizes his worth when he is able to...
Red: A Crayon's Story, written by Michael Hall, is about a crayon with a bright red label who answers to the name "Red". Red is struggling to color in the color of red. Red has the teacher, grandmother, parents, and friends try to help him to be able to color in the color of Red. Some people even t...
Written and illustrated by Michael Hall Red is a crayon with a bright red label, but no matter how hard he tries to be, he just can't be red. His teacher tries to help him be red by suggesting that he color strawberries, but it doesn't work. His mother sets him up on a playdate with Yellow and tel...
This story is meant to inspire children to be themselves rather than letting people tell them who they should be. This book could be used at the beginning of the year or for a character building lesson where students could share what they want to be and who they are afterwards. This could also be us...
by Michael Hall Red was a crayon, but he wasn't very good at being a red crayon.Despite his efforts, his parents and teacher help, and his grandparents advise, he just couldn't be a good red crayon. It took Red many disappointments and failures to realize it was nothing wrong with him. He just w...
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