num_pages: 48
description: Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This picture book biography tells the story of Edwin Binney the inventor of one of the world's most beloved stationary supplies. purple mountains majesty mauvelous jungle green razzmatazz What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands? But children didn't always have such magical boxes of crayons. Heres the true story of an inventor who so loved natures vibrant colors that he found a way to bring the outside world to children  in a box for only a nickel!
language: English
title: The Crayon Man: the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt