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Colin is given a spankin new box of crayons for the first day of school, but when he arrives, he is shocked to find that the new principal, Mr. Greystone, prohibits color in school. The crayons get dumped in the garbage, where they may be down, but not out. When an artist, Mr. Coleur, visits the now-colorless school, the squabbling crayons get together and form a color wheel. They wheel themselves out of the can, knocking Mr. Greystone in the head and spilling color everywhere. The head bonk seems to have opened his eyes, because the last, really red spread has him yelling, Color matters! As fun as it is, the story becomes a platform to show oof Reed's zany, eye-popping artwork. Using shapes creatively and color enthusiastically, the pictures have the look of cutouts and collage, and Photoshopped bits of background add interest and depth. But even with the emphasis on color, some of the most intriguing spreads are those in black and white that show how blah a colorless world would be. Several pages of factual information about color conclude.

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Lynn Rowe Reed lives in Indiana. Lynn Rowe Reed lives in Indiana.

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