FROM WAX FROM WAX TO CRAYON TO CRAYON BY ROBIN NELSON F WAX TO CR s Lerner Publications Company / Minneapolis by Robin Nelson ROM AYON Text copyright © 2003 by Lerner Publications Company All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise-—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publications Company, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nelson, Robin, 1971– From wax to crayon / by Robin Nelson. p. cm. — (Start to finish) eISBN: 0–8225–1075–8 1. Crayons—Juvenile literature. [1. Crayons.] I. Title. II. Start to finish (Minneapolis, Minn.) TS1268 .N45 2003 741.2'3—dc21 2002006583 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – JR – 08 07 06 05 04 03 The photographs in this book appear courtesy of: © Photodisc, cover, p. 3; Photo courtesy Binney & Smith Inc., Crayola; the chevron and serpentine designs are registered trademarks; the rainbow/ swash is a trademark of Binney & Smith Inc., used with permission, pp. 1 (all), 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23; © Todd Strand/IPS, p. 7; © Freightliner Corporation/IPS, p. 21. Table of Contents Wax melts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A worker adds color . . . . . . . 6 The wax is shaped . . . . . . . . 8 The wax gets hard . . . . . . . 10 A worker checks the crayons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 A machine wraps the crayons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 A machine sorts the crayons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The crayons are boxed . . . . 18 The crayons are sent to stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 I draw pictures with many colors!. . . . . . . . . . . 22 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 I color with crayons. How are they made? 3 Wax melts. Crayons start as clear wax. Wax is made into crayons at a factory. Large tanks heat the wax. The wax melts into a gooey liquid. 4 5 A worker adds color. Pipes carry the clear wax into many pots called vats. A worker adds colored powder called pigment to the vats. A different color is stirred into each vat. 6 7 The wax is shaped. The colored wax is poured into a mold. The mold has many holes. Each hole is shaped like a crayon. The wax fills the holes. 8 9 . . 24 I color with crayons. How are they made? 3 Wax melts. Crayons start as clear wax. Wax is made into crayons at a factory. Large tanks heat the wax. The wax melts into a gooey liquid FROM WAX FROM WAX TO CRAYON TO CRAYON BY ROBIN NELSON F WAX TO CR s Lerner Publications Company / Minneapolis by Robin Nelson. Nelson, Robin, 1971– From wax to crayon / by Robin Nelson. p. cm. — (Start to finish) eISBN: 0–8225–1075–8 1. Crayons—Juvenile literature. [1. Crayons.] I. Title. II. Start to finish (Minneapolis,