Super sweet. Broken things can still be beautiful in every aspect of our world. Love the illustrations and bright colors used in this story.

This sweet story starts with Avery feeling a little anxious about starting at her new school. Through the book, Avery works through big emotions with a little help from her brand new crayon box and some new friends. This book is a great example for young children about the big emotions they can sometimes feel and giving them words/colors to help express their feelings. Broken Crayons Still Color could be a great resource at home or in a classroom to help build social and emotional skills. Favorite quote from the book, “In God’s hands, broken things can create beautiful masterpieces.”

Broken Crayons Still Color is one of our favorite picture books. The illustrations are beautiful and will engage any child. Toni has created a story for children that will help them with identity, purpose and belonging. If you know what is going on in the world today, and the importance of those critical areas, you will know how important this book will be on the bookshelf of every child.

Grab a copy of this for Easter baskets, birthdays or Christmas presents. If you are looking for a gift for a child, this is a great one!

I love this story and my three and four year old did too! Full of simple truths, in an easy to read format. Illustrations are also beautiful and kept my girls’ attention. I would buy a physical copy of this book!

Thank you to Thomas Nelson: CHILDREN'S and Netgalley for the ARC !
This is a book that is helpful when teaching children to explain and understand their feelings.
The illustrations are so beautiful ! The message of the book is so strong and important. I loved the colors and feelings. So many different tools to learn.

It is a sweet Picture book that I enjoyed because this is a saying I often use in my classroom. It means so much more to me and I have always personally connected to the idea that we may not be perfect, we might feel broken but we can still do amazing things.

Cute story and lovely colorful and bright illustrations. I was not interested in the heavy religious thread.

I love children's books and even more when the pictures are digital. They come to life. This story is a wonderful learning experience and in a moment we see a little girl grow in her experience of life.

I was provided this book by NetGalley.

This was a story about a little girl who is worried about her first day of school, so she starts coloring and accidentally breaks her crayons! A good message of accepting your feelings and your worth.

Add August 21 to your calendars to buy this absolutely precious children’s book! I wish I had this when I taught preschool to read to my class, but I was so excited to share with my littles. I read it to my kids this morning in the car while we waited for drop off line, and I asked their favorite part of the book. Kinley said, “I really loved the part where she drew her friend a picture to be brave and not shy.” Dawsyn said, “I loved the part when she was scared and her Dad said we can pray together.” 🥺🥺🥺 Reading to kids is HUGE! They pick up so much through those pages, and books like this, you want your kids to be reading. The concept of the book was wonderful for kids. It talked all about feelings, emotions, and how to approach things. It was so descriptive, heartfelt, and the words were so full of beauty, just like the illustrations. I love beautiful picture book illustrations and these wowed me! I loved that the book gave kids ideas of what to do in certain situations with the feelings they feel. And that it’s okay to feel all those things. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #tonycollier #whitneybak #netgalley #tommynelsonpublishing #childrensbook #preschool #booksforkidsemotions #booksforkidsfeelings #booksforkids

Avery has a lot of changes happening in her life. She has big emotions and anxieties over these changes. As she's drawing, her crayons break. They start talking to her and she realizes that they have feelings too. The crayons show her how to use her love of drawing to manage her feelings.
This book had some nice illustrations and I really liked the message the book portrayed. I liked the chart at the end about the different color of crayons showing different emotions.
My 7 year old said that she loved it because it's about drawing.
My 9 year old loved that it was drawing related and the fact that it talked about how she felt.

I received a complimentary copy from Thomas Nelson Children's fiction and I absolutely enjoyed it.

This book follows Avery who is such an adorable little girl with huge emotions. One day her crayons break and thinking they are useless she lets her emotions get the best of her. However she discovers that they have personalities and feelings. She then works through her emotions and discovers more about positive thinking and bravery. What a brilliant read. It's perfect for children and those young at heart with huge emotions.

This is the kind of book I want my daughter reading. She gets so upset when a crayon breaks because she thinks it’s done for. She translates this same outlook on herself and it’s heartbreaking. So not only was the art beautiful, the story optimistic and motivational and so psychologically spot on, but it’s a book that I think my daughter will see herself in. So many children’s books are about easy to digest subjects, but many children have had to deal with hard things, and could use a book like this to help them understand and heal.

I can’t wait until this is in print so I can read it with my little one.

Absolutely gorgeous illustrations in this one -- some of them almost seem to glow from within, as if you can truly see the golden sunshine on the page. I always love a good book about kids' emotions and how to deal with them, especially when there's no mention of shame or bottling things up or acting happy for the sake of appearances, and this one does a good job with that. I like how they acknowledged the girl's fear and nervousness and encouraged her to do the scary thing anyway, not to pretend she wasn't. There's a couple mentions of God, so it's probably not a book I'd personally buy, but it's lovely.

A wonderful book discussing the important topic of having big feelings & how to handle them! The pages were full of words and the language was heavy… I’d recommend this book to the top end of the recommended 4-8 age range. The illustrations were beautiful & It was a great book!

Avery is nervous for the first day of school and with that twisty feeling in her stomach she breaks a few of her new crayons. The crayons remind her that everyone has messy feelings and they shouldn't allow those messy feelings to become bad actions. As Avery starts school, she's still scared but she channels her fears into drawings that allow her to release some tension without getting into trouble. A good book for teaching children how to feel all the feels without being overtaken by them.

A cute story about dealing with big feelings and learning to overcome them. I loved the bright, colourful art style, and the message. Parents should note however that there are religious references throughout.

Not what expected

Verbiage was long winded… more like for adults than for children. Like a self-help book for adults trying to feel good about themselves but written in a children’s era of gendre style.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. A great book about how broken crayons work just as good as regular crayons.

Avery loves to draw with her crayons. One day she is given a new box of crayons and she is so excited. Simultaneously, she is thinking about starting at a new school and feeling anxious. Avery's worries come out in her drawings and as she gets more worried, the crayons break, making her feel even worse.

With the help of her anthropomorphic broken crayons who are full of self-positivity messages, her parents who invoke prayer and God, and a new friend at school, Avery is able to get her feelings under control and settle in to her new school.

This is a perfectly nice book with positive messages and bright, colorful crayon illustrations.

Thanks to Tommy Nelson Publishing and NetGalley for this egalley copy. All opinions are my own.