When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.

"As St. Patrick's Day fast approaches, Green Crayon would like a break since he's still recovering from Christmas, but when his friends try to take over, it soon becomes apparent just how much he's needed"--

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.

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.

Los crayones que Duncan ha perdido, olvidado en alg?n lugar durante las vacaciones, abandonado en el patio al calor del sol, tirado en el piso al alcance de su perro o que ha dejado en su bolsillo y han llegado a la lavadora, le escriben cartas para exigirle que los rescate de los apuros en los que se encuentran. Duncan se pone triste por haberlos abandonado y de inmediato pone manos a la obra para recuperarlos a todos y compensar el tiempo perdido. One...