Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall (2015) is a concise story about social reactions to nonconformity. A blue crayon wears the label "red." It was mislabeled at the factory. The other crayons try to help the blue crayon to draw as a red crayon. When this fails, they judge it, which certainly doesn’t help. The narrative only hints at the emotional impact of this punishing social commentary. Finally, the "berry" crayon asks the mislabeled crayon draw in its authentic color. This success draws unanimous social praise.
Miss Vargas - Classroom has Red A Crayon's Story K-2 Activity. MsZ Teach has a word search. Angelica Nagy has Social Emotional Learning: Red: A Crayon's Story.
