Storytime: Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
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The World’s Favorite Crayon Colors Have Threatened to Go on Strike!
Barnes & Noble Corte Madera Invites Children and Adults to Write a Letter, Make a List or Draw a Picture Urging the Crayons to ‘Not Quit’ During ‘Don’t Let the Crayons Quit!’ Storytimes
Llama, Llama Red Pajama Storytime on September 16: Part of Month-long Series of Free & Fun Events
Find Out September 30 What the Crayons Decide to Do!
Barnes & Noble Corte Madera is hosting a Llama, Llama Red Pajama Storytime September 16 as part of a month-long series of free Storytime events for children and families, celebrating the bestselling picture book, The Day the Crayons Quit, written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, along with several other popular titles.
In The Day the Crayons Quit, each Crayon writes a letter expressing their grievance with how they are being used. Blue is always used as the color of the sky and the ocean, Red has to work on holidays, Black is only ever used to outline, Yellow and Orange are fighting over the true color of the sun. And now, the Crayons have announced their plans to quit on September 30.
To continue the month-long campaign to convince the Crayons not to quit, Barnes & Noble Corte Madera will host a special Storytime on Tuesday, September 16, at 11 a.m., where children ages 3-7 will enjoy a reading of the popular picture book Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney and coloring activities. But wait! Could the rumors be true that the Crayons have already started quitting in protest? Peach is embarrassed without a wrapper and doesn’t want to come out of the box and color. After Storytime, children will get the chance to create fancy new wardrobe ideas for Peach using all the Crayons in an effort to make Peach feel confident and comfortable.
Children and adults can help convince the Crayons to “not quit” by joining in a letter-writing, list-making, and picture-drawing campaign to support the Crayons. All local stores will have special Crayon Stationery and a “Message Box” for children and adults to submit their letters, lists, and pictures of all the reasons why the Crayons shouldn’t quit. Children and adults can submit as many messages to the Crayons as they want, and each time they place a message in the Barnes & Noble Message Box they will receive an “I support the CRAYONS” sticker. Crayola® is also joining in the campaign by donating nearly 300,000 free crayons, available in all Barnes & Noble stores for children and adults to use when creating their messages to the Crayons.
Barnes & Noble Corte Madera will collect the messages left in their Message Box, count them, and display the number of messages collected each week on a “Message Collection Meter.” Once the messages are counted, they will be displayed, and photos of all the messages collected will be taken and sent to the Barnes & Noble Social Media team, who will share the messages with the Crayons.
Tuesday, September 23, 11 a.m.
Storytime Title: Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble by Judy Schachner
The feud between Yellow and Orange over the true color of the sun has gone on too long. Green is requesting help in resolving their conflict. After Storytime, children will show Yellow and Orange all the wonderful things they can be, helping them realize they can, in fact, share the color of the sun!
On Tuesday, September 30, at 4 p.m., the Crayons will announce their decision at the national “Will the Crayons Quit?” Storytime event, and children and adults will learn if their and their community’s efforts during the month were successful.
Barnes & Noble Events are free and open to the public. Barnes & Noble Corte Madera is located at 313 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA 94925. For information about these or other events at Barnes & Noble Corte Madera, please contact Laurel Kidd, Community Business Development Manager, at crm2274@bn.com.
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