The yellow and green box. The one everybody means when they say a box of crayons.

Twenty four Crayola classics, 3.6 inches each, double wrapped so the paper holds when a five year old presses hard. It is on the school supply list every August for a reason: the wax lays down evenly, the colors are the ones children already have names for, and the tuck box closes and goes back in the desk instead of shedding crayons into a backpack.

Crayola makes these in the United States, in a plant it runs on solar power, and the paper box is recyclable. The AP seal on the back is the Art and Creative Materials Institute mark for nontoxic materials, which is the answer to the question every parent of a toddler asks first.

Buy it for the first day of school, the restaurant bag, the waiting room, or the coloring book you are pretending is for the kids.