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Frankencrayon Audiobook Summary

Ingenuity and surprise rule in this funny and colorful companion to Red: A Crayon’s Story written and illustrated by Michael Hall, the New York Times-bestselling creator of My Heart Is Like a Zoo.

The crayons are ready to tell the thrilling tale of Frankencrayon. The costumes are made, the roles are cast, the pages are all set–but then disaster strikes. Someone has scribbled on the page! Hideous! Horrifying! The story can’t go on! Try as they might, the crayons can’t erase the scribble, and this picture book must be canceled. Until the crayons playing the title role of Frankencrayon think of a solution, that is. Michael Hall breaks borders and invites readers behind the scenes with his irresistible, clever style and bold artwork. A book about seeing beauty in unexpected places and the magic of storytelling.

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Frankencrayon Audiobook Narrator

Robin Miles is the narrator of Frankencrayon audiobook that was written by Michael Hall

Michael Hall’s favorite thing to eat is asparagus. He grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where autumn was memorable for football, floats, caramel apples, and spectacular colors. He is the creator of several acclaimed picture books for children, including  Frankencrayon, Red: A Crayon’s Story, My Heart Is Like a Zoo, Perfect Square, and It’s an Orange Aardvark! Michael Hall lives with his family in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

About the Author(s) of Frankencrayon

Michael Hall is the author of Frankencrayon

Frankencrayon Full Details

Narrator Robin Miles
Length 8 minutes
Author Michael Hall
Category
Publisher Greenwillow Books
Release date January 26, 2016
ISBN 9780062447234

Subjects

The publisher of the Frankencrayon is Greenwillow Books. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Imagination & Play, Juvenile Fiction

Additional info

The publisher of the Frankencrayon is Greenwillow Books. The imprint is Greenwillow Books. It is supplied by Greenwillow Books. The ISBN-13 is 9780062447234.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Jon

September 14, 2017

What a great book! This is one book that you would WANT you children to scribble in (there is a lot of scribbling inside) so that you can keep it as a treasured memento of Halloweens past!

Viviane

January 11, 2020

Full of unexpected twists, this book about Frankencrayon was surprising and fun.

Mark

February 21, 2016

The crayon lead production of Frankenstein is all ready to go until the giant squiggle appears in the sky. Can they solve the problem, or will they have to cancel this book before we even get a chance to read it?This is a delightfully funny picture book that parents will definitely appreciate. It breaks the fourth wall as the crayons tell us the story of why they can’t tell us the story of Frankenstein. After things are resolved, we get a couple of fun and appropriate morals that don’t lecture us. I’m not sure the very youngest of kids will understand all the jokes, but older picture book fans should get them with some help from their parents.Read my full review at Carstairs Considers.

Magpie67

June 19, 2017

I'm definitely buying this book for my Halloween collection... It's just that awesome! All the crayon books are worthy to own. So here is a story that suddenly becomes cancelled because of a scribble. What a hoot!Orange, green and purple are Frankencrayon and there is a cast of crayons playing the scared townspeople and a crew. Also there is the pencil, who is the narrator. I love the imagination!Super fun ending! A must read for children and adults.

Vernon Area

February 14, 2016

A fun play on books and stories, Hall presents the telling of Frankencrayon!!!--Oh, what's that? It's been cancelled? Oh dear. Pencil reveals the mystery behind the book's cancellation including a fun banter between the publisher and Pencil. A delightful turn of a story. Reviewed by: Miss Kelsey, Youth Services, Vernon Area Public Library

Julie

October 25, 2017

Fun book to share with students especially around Halloween. Wonderful lesson in sometimes mistakes aren’t so bad after all!

Andrew

March 10, 2016

Actually really funny!

Alondra

June 06, 2019

1. “Hello class today we will be reading the book ‘Frankencrayon’ by Micheal Hall. I will be reading the first two pages so we can then talk about what may happen later on in the story. (I will read the pages and allow the students to think about what might happen next. Class in the book it says that this picture book is canceled! Wow, why might that be? Turn to your shoulder partner on your right and tell them why you might think it might be canceled. Can I have three of you raise your hand and share what your shoulder partner told you (students raise their hands to share) Thank you for sharing. Now let's look at the illustrations on the very first page. We see some crayons in different categories like the horrible monster, the frightened townspeople, and the narrator/crew. Now I want you to look at the picture and the details and think to yourself about what might happen in the story. Why might this book ‘Frankencrayon’ be canceled? Why might the crayons be separated into different categories? This is definitely an interesting book class. (students will be given time to think and process the questions being asked. I think it's time we keep reading and find out why this mysterious book might be canceled… 2. I chose three book openings. I read some of the text to engage the attention of the students. The second book opening I did was that I drew attention to the illustrator craft. The last book opening I did was that I raise questions so the readers could think about them in their minds.3. The first book opening that I did was that I read some of the text to engage the attention of the students so they could think about what might happen next in the story. This book was interesting because in the first two pages it says that the picture book is canceled and that the reader should no longer read. I thought that reading that would spark curiosity in the reader's mind and have them think about why the book might be canceled. The second book opening I did was that I drew attention to the illustrators work so the students could look at the details and notice the crayons being split into categories. This led me to my third book opening which was that I asked the students questions so they could think about the questions and truly process them in their own minds. These questions would have the students wonder and start thinking about the plot of the book.

Kasey

June 02, 2019

“So this book is really fun, it’s called Frankencrayon. The characters in this story aren’t talking to each other, but to you the reader. They had a problem in their story, and they are telling you about what went wrong. It’s like when you watch YouTube and the person in the video is trying to tell you something or explain what they are doing. It’s not the same as watching characters in a movie.” The story is about crayons, and they tell you some of the story, but you also hear from the story’s writer, who is a pencil. I would open to page 2 and show them what I mean by the crayons talking and the pencil talking. “This story also has a flashback. A flashback is seeing or reading something that happened in the past. So here on this page (still page two) we have the present. The characters are telling us about how their story has been canceled. Here on page three, the pencil is telling us what happened that caused the story to be canceled. The pencil narrates the flashback and the crayons play themselves. After the flashback we go back to the crayons and pencil in the present.” I chose this opening because of the way the story was written. I wanted the students to understand that the characters don’t act like normal characters, because they are talking to the reader. The second part of my opening is talking about the flashback. The story starts in the present, has a flashback, and then ends back in the present. For someone who doesn’t know what a flashback is, it can be confusing.

Jennifer

June 06, 2019

We have been learning about our colors, what are some of your favorite colors? [Children respond] There are so many great colors, you guys named a few, but what if your favorite colored crayons were people? This story is about crayons putting on a play! Would you guys go see a play put on by crayons? [Children Respond] Can Crayons be like people and put on plays and talk? [Children respond] Its very silly right? But there are many different kinds of people and this story has crayons as people. Oh no! I just read the first page and it says the book was canceled! Should we see what happens with the crayons? [Children respond] but the book is canceled, that means there is no book! Do you think the story goes on? Let's find out.Foreshadow the problem of the story and Raise interest in topic or themeI chose to Foreshadow the problem because the problem is stated on the first page and it helps get the children engaged in where the story is going to go and what will happen. Starting out asking about favorite colors and crayons as people help set the topic of different people but also the different colors which is what I was trying to teach.

Karen

May 02, 2019

This was a super fun story...which I had the classroom and teacher totally engaged in reading all the various 'crayon' parts aloud! Even the most shyest of student ended up gaining confidence in the crayon character they choose to represent!I loved how this tale drew out the students..which was a grade 4 ......so in my estimation I highly recommend this book ... it can be read at any age!FIVE STARS!!!

Tina

October 05, 2018

Totally adorable book with simple, colorful illustrations. My 5 year old loved it.

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