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“Will you make a blue ocean for my boat?” Berry asks quietly, and that’s all it takes to change Red’s life.

A Greek chorus of grown-up crayons lined up across a black spread makes patronizing comments: “He’s got to press harder.” “Really apply himself!” Only when Red is at his wit’s end does he meet Berry, a crayon who actually sees him. Really!” But a page turn reveals two rows of strawberries, one scarlet and the other. Hall ( It’s an Orange Aardvark!) has a fine ear for dialogue, and the overly cheerful encouragement Red endures will sound familiar to any child who’s struggled to perform: “I’ll draw a red strawberry, then you draw a red strawberry,” coaches the scarlet crayon. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he’s a poor performer in school, where his drawings are expected to be red.

Red is a crayon, and children will see his problem right away: his label reads “red,” but he’s blue.