The Pencil

Once there was a lonely pencil. The pencil decided to draw a boy and then drew a lot more. Everyone was sad because there was no color so the pencil drew a paintbrush. The pencil would draw the paintbrush would add all the color. Some of the people did not like the way they looked so the pencil

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drew an eraser. The eraser erased everything but the pencil so the pencil drew another eraser and they erased each other. The pencil drew everything back and did not bother with an eraser this time. This book is really fun and I would read it to any class before an art lesson.

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Summary: A pencil discovers he can draw and then creates his own world full of people, animals, and things with names. He creates a paintbrush to color them in and then an eraser to fix some of the things his creations complain about. But the eraser goes crazy erasing everything, and the pencil

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must figure out a way to save himself!
Media: Acrylic

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"The Pencil" ia a fabulously illustrated book that opens up a world of imagination in its readers. The illustrations are simepl pencil drawings, but carry so much more than that within. As you read the book you get to think about what you would draw if you could draw your perfect world. It's

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imaginative, creative and also very funny.

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The pencil draws all the aspects of the world. He draws people, friends, the community. Then a paintbrush adds color and more to the world drawn. Then problems arise and the pictures are unhappy. So the pencil draws an eraser. At first the eraser fixes things but then it begins to destroy

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everything. The pencil draws another eraser to save the world and redraws what was destroyed.

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Personal Response:
This story didn't really hook me. I thought it was very imaginative but I didn't really care for the story.

Curricular Connections:
I would read this aloud for story time and then give the kids a pencil and a piece of paper and let them draw their own imaginary world.

I think my students would love this book about a pencil creating his own story. Great to use in a writing lesson. Although it is a bit like Harold and the Purple Crayon, the paintbrush adds a bit of change to it and a bit more originality. Great to use for lessons on problem/solution, sequencing

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and the writing workshop in general. Will make a great read-aloud.

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I adored this book. The story is funny and the pictures are whimsical. Would make a cool teaching point for personification or animation.

I loved this book! It is all about a lonely pencil who decides to draw things to make him less lonely. Along the way there are interesting twists and turns which makes this a very fun book to read. I really enjoyed the illustrations that we in the book. Because it was a book all about what the

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pencil drew the illustrations were crucial to the story and I felt that they went perfectly together. The plot was really fun as well, it was very engaging and fun for the children to guess what was going to happen next or what the pencil was going to create next. There were many plot twists along the way as well, such as the pencil creating an eraser that was erasing everything the pencil created so the pencil had to come up with some way to stop it.

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This was such a cute book, so cute we decided to form a lesson plan around it. It is about a lonely pencil who wants to become less lonely, so one day he starts to draw. The illustrations in this book really show what is happening- could be great for a picture walk, even at home. The book itself

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was about a pencil and what he drew, so it was pretty important that the illustrations be good. The most exciting part was guessing what the pencil was going to draw next! This would really engage students! Especially with all the twists and turns! The pencil decides to draw an eraser- not the best idea, because he keeps erasing everything! The big picture in this book, I think, is finding something you like to do when you are sad or feel alone- drawing could be a great way to release and feel better.

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The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg is a follow-up or companion piece to The Runaway Dinner. The book opens with a lonely pencil who decides to draw himself some companions.

Soon the world is filled with friends — all of whom seem to have demands to make of the pencil. In trying to accommodate all their

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needs, things get out of hand. And then, things get even worse when an eraser is loosed on the world.

It's an illustration heavy picture book with just enough words for a group read along. It had both of my children in stitches and required multiple re-reads and debates.

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This is a fun book about a pencil that can talk and think for itself, and created its own word. The story that the pencil drew shows how to write a story and all the parts of a story. They have character creation, character development, setting, background information, and even a plot being

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created. The story also had a lot of problem solving and conflict which could greatly help students anticipate what they should do or what will come next. There are several examples of them have problem solving situations. One being the boy wanted a dog so the pencil drew him one and the dog wanted something so he dry what the dog needed. Much later on in the book he draws an eraser and that is when the big situation arises. So he has to come up with a solution after tying so many things to stop it from destroying its world.

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This book was pretty darn good. It was suspenseful in a kiddish way. I believe you'll find the story shows much importance of how one mistake can lead to a bigger mistake and so on and so forth. It is only when you correct your mistake that everything will be all right.

My daughter is home from her first year of college. Time for Mama, Papa and Baby Bear to sit on the sofa for a picture book binge! (4 of 4)

I picked this up because a Goodreads reviewer said it was a superior version of the story I liked so much in Max Amato's Perfect. I'll have to disagree on that

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though, as this story is much too dark and disturbing. A pencil creates a dog, a cat, a boy and more and more and more. The new creations become increasingly demanding and soon turn on him. His solution unleashes an apocalypse the sort of which I have never seen in a children's picture book, and the resolution seems straight out of a Rick & Morty episode: twisted and sort of sexualized. Bizarre.

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