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Broken Crayons Still Color

by Toni Collier

A story about big feelings and creative ways to cope

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A story about big feelings and creative ways to cope

Avery’s anxieties about change come into view through a crayon mishap: the broken crayons take on personalities and help her explore ways to handle overwhelming feelings. Coloring, drawing, affirmations, and breathing exercises connect the story to practical emotional tools, while its Christian framing emphasizes God’s love and the possibility of making something beautiful from difficulty. An emotion color chart adds an interactive element for naming and expressing feelings.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 encountering changes or strong emotions
  • Families seeking a Christian picture book about feelings and coping tools
  • Adults looking for a story that introduces drawing, affirmations, and breathing as ways to express or manage emotions

Themes

Big feelings and anxietyCoping through creative expressionChange and braveryChristian faith and God’s love

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Book overview

Help your kids process big feelings, build a social-emotional tool kit, and find beauty in life's challenges with this creative story that expresses the hope of the gospel from podcast host, speaker, and mom Toni Collier.

Avery has big emotions and bubbling anxieties about changes in her life. When her crayons break as she scribbles furiously, she discovers that they have personalities and feelings too! And they can show her how to use her love of coloring to manage scary, overwhelming feelings and embrace curiosity and joy. As Avery follows the crayons' advice, gets creative, and chooses bravery and positive thinking, she discovers that God can use her to make beautiful things, even with broken crayons.

In Broken Crayons Still Color, children 4 to 8 will:

  • Navigate Big Emotions: Teaches children to process feelings like frustration and anxiety while embracing curiosity, joy, and God's love.
  • Create Healthy Coping Tools: Encourages kids to express emotions through drawing, affirmations, and breathing exercises.
  • Encourage Faith: Shows children that God loves them as they are and can turn their mistakes and challenges into something beautiful.
  • Be Interactive and Engaging: Features fun illustrations and an emotion color chart to help kids identify and express their feelings.
  • Be Ideal for Gifting: Great for back-to-school, moving or new experiences, or kids facing tough situations.

With a fun story, silly crayon characters, and practical guidance for kids struggling with powerful emotions, insecurity, and perfectionism, Broken Crayons Still Color will entertain children as it assures them that God is making a beautiful masterpiece out of things they thought were broken. The presentation page and deluxe dust jacket make this encouraging book a beautiful gift for back-to-school, kids facing new experiences and tough situations, and any child with big feelings.

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