Get Red! An Adventure in Color

by Tony Porto, 3CD (Illustrator)

While doing a report on Mars, a young boy must rely on his red colored crayon to get him through his project, yet when the red crayon decides that it is being used just too much, it takes off and begins a wild adventure of its own.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2002

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

"It's only this silly red crayon that's talked ever since I slipped him out of his new box the first day of class."

A student needs to do his project on Mars, but can't finish it because his red crayon has run away.

[Nolan]

Expected it to be more appropriate for preschoolers but it was not. Maybe a good choice for older elementary or middle level kids who enjoyed The Day the Crayons Quit.

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

My five-year-old son picked this book out from the library this week. He wanted to check out all red books.

This book didn't work very well for me. It's a picture book, so it would seem that by nature it would skew toward pre-schoolers and early elementary, but the voice of the narrative reads older -- fourth to sixth grade.

[Whitney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has great graphics and ties together a lot of factoids and pieces of information that could keep a kid interested. Better for an older crowd but probably still interesting for the younger ones.

[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer · Rating 5 out of 5]

A red crayon has a life of its own. The pictures make this story!

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of important thing in addition to Mars are red. The red crayon helps shed light to many matters.

[D Nine · Rating 4 out of 5]

perfect for the letter 'r'

Some kindergarten classes loved the facts. Had to pause often for them to process everything on the pages.