The Last Crayon

Not every crayon can be the brightest, most colourful crayon in the packet. It takes a very special young squirrel to see the true potential of a crayon that has been rejected by others for being not colourful enough.

About the Author

Fifi Colston is an illustrator, writer and costume and props maker, based in Wellington, New Zealand. She works from her sunny home studio, where she looks out over houses and trees towards the sea with her spoilt ginger cat, Griffin. Fifi has been writing, drawing and making things ever since she can remember and feels happiest when she has a pencil, scissors or a glue gun in hand. Her training was in Visual Communications Design, majoring in Illustration, and she has illustrated more than 50 picture books for trade and education. Fifi also has an MA in Creative Writing and is an award-winning junior fiction novelist and non-fiction author. Fifi was the 2019 Otago University College of Education Children’s Writer in Residence and this was where the two Book Hungry Bears titles, Where’s my Stick? And The Lost Crayon were created.