One day, Duncan is happily coloring with his crayons when a stack of postcards arrives in the mail from his former crayons, each of which has run away or been left behind, and all of which want to come home.

Against the backdrop of the dark blue night, the text explores the colors of things, both natural and manmade, that one can see in the night, before falling asleep to dream.

"The crayons are getting ready to go back to school, and each crayon has a subject they're looking forward to the most. They're also ready to meet new friends ... and let loose during their very favorite time of day: art class"-- Provided by publisher.

A lively yellow dot leads the reader through a journey through color, shape, and a child's imagination.

Mr. Rabbit helps a little girl find a colorful present for her mother's birthday.

After a genie fulfills Otto the cat's wish by turning the whole world orange, Otto realizes that his favorite color is not the best color for everything.

As he walks down the street, Pete the Cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.

A cat describes ten different colors and tells which one is its favorite.

"The crayons fight over who is the true color of Christmas"-- Provided by publisher.

Encourages the reader to look at objects in nature from another perspective, observing their colors in a new way.