¿Cómo se Hace un Lápiz de Color? / How Is a Crayon Made?

How Is It Made?

by Grace Hansen

This title will go through the process of how crayons are made, from the shipment of wax to a factory to the shipment of boxes of colorful crayons to stores. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Genres: Nonfiction

24 pages, Library Binding

Published December 15, 2017

Reviews

[Miranda Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

How Is a Crayon Made? by Grace Hansen is an informational text that shows students the real process of creating crayons in the crayola factory. The wax for crayons gets delivered to crayon factories and is melted. The warm wax gets moved to large silos that pumps the wax through pipes. Chemicals are added to the wax to make it less sticky overall. Then color is added to the mix. The wax is put into molds and cools. The I was really excited when I found this informational text because it pairs really well with the Crayon Man book that I found. I would incorporate a lesson in which students would listen to readalouds of both How Is A Crayon Made? and The Crayon Man book. I would let students afterwards engage in deconstructing a crayon. This would require the students to break the crayon into smaller parts to think critically about how it is made. I think this book is a great books for students there are some high frequency words that would need to be previewed with students but overall a great read.

[Darius Billings · Rating 3 out of 5]

Near the railroad cars, it looks like a bunch of stuff is dangerous and flammable. The steam in the railroad cars melts the wax.

There are eight silos for storing wax.

I like the really colorful red powder. It’s so shiny!

A bunch of crayons come sticking out of the holes. After that, they are labeled. Then they are put into boxes, dropped into funnels, and then put in boxes.

[Kiyoko]

Reading Counts Question that doesn't use information given in the book:

Q: Hot wax cools:
A. for one minute for all colors.
B. quickly in a salt brine mixture.
C. at different times for different colors.
D. using liquid nitrogen.

The book actually says: "The newly colored wax is poured into molds. The molds are shaped like crayons. Everything is cooled and hardened with water. Where does it talk about salt brine solution? Nowhere.

Q: A crayon is inspected because:
The book does not discuss inspecting crayons.

Q: A kiln is used to:
The book does not discuss the use of kilns in crayon making.

hmmmmm.....