From the team behind the New York Times bestselling Creepy Carrots! and Creepy Pair of Underwear! comes the third in this hilariously spooky series about a young rabbit and his peculiar encounters—featuring a sinister crayon!
Jasper Rabbit has a problem: he is NOT doing well in school. His spelling tests? Disasters. His math quizzes? Frightening to behold. But one day, he finds a crayon lying in the gutter. Purple. Pointy. Perfect. Somehow…it looked happy to see him. And it wants to help.
At first, Jasper is excited. Everything is going great. His spelling is fantastic. His math is stupendous. And best of all, he doesn’t have to do ANY work! But then the crayon starts acting weird. It’s everywhere, and it wants to do everything. And Jasper must find a way to get rid of it before it takes over his life. The only problem? The creepy crayon will not leave.
小兔子贾斯珀正在经历一段艰难时期。
他考试不及格，也不想做作业，就在这时，他得到了一支蜡笔紫色的、尖头的完美蜡笔!
蜡笔替他考试、蜡笔替他画画，甚至，替他思考!怎么办?!太吓人了!贾斯珀需要摆脱蜡笔的控制!但是蜡笔会放过他吗?
在新作《蜡笔怪》中，随着成长，贾斯珀需要面对的恐惧也愈加复杂，仿佛仅在一夜之间，学习的困难、难受的友谊、虚荣心和迷失自我等问题统统袭来！看看这一次贾斯珀如何化解危机！
胡萝卜怪（食物）→内裤怪（外貌）→蜡笔怪（自我）
小兔子贾斯珀与小读者一起成长，故事基于儿童成长中阶段性的心理特点，贴合孩子成长轨迹，内容由孩子的生理需求向精神需求逐渐过渡，不断升级。
- 剧情翻转再翻转，释放压力的“轻度恐怖” 从心理学的角度，适当的“恐怖”刺激能帮助孩子释放情绪，也能潜移默化的建立对压力的处理能力。一惊一乍的故事情节，让孩子在惊呼和欢笑中学会应对恐惧和困难。
- 害怕是正常的反应，学会如何面对才是正解！虽然贾斯珀每次都表现得胆小、害怕，但每次都能解决问题。害怕不是丢脸的事情，贾斯珀面对恐惧的态度，便是很好的处理恐惧情绪的参考。
- 在更多外界压力面前，学会拒绝和保持自我 对于在学海中苦苦挣扎的贾斯珀来说，“蜡笔怪”的出现是虚荣心的具象化，虚荣心就像是一个控制欲极强的“坏朋友”，它让小兔子迷失了自我。学习、成绩、荣誉，贾斯珀开始面对更多来自外部世界的压力，这一次它该如何解决？好在这一次贾斯珀也及时回归了正轨！
By Aaron Reynolds, Illustrated by Peter Brown,, Hardcover, Simplified Chinese Characters, 44 pages, 12.4"x9.3"
