| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780060229351 | | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers | | Publish Date: 6/1/1955 | | Buy.com Sku: 30002986 | | Item#: RYJLCD | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 65167 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 6H x 5L x 0.5T |
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| | | | "One evening after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight..." (from the first line) "An ingenious and original picture story in which a small boy out for a walk--happily with crayon in hand--draws himself some wonderful adventures. A little book that will be loved".--The Horn Book. Full-color illustrations.
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Although the text is very matter of fact, this story about a young boy named Harold is full of imagination and adventure. One night, Harold decides to go for a moonlit walk, and so, using his seemingly magical purple crayon, he draws himself a moon and a path, and sets off on his adventure. As he walks on, Harold draws himself such things as a very small forest, a fierce dragon, a sailboat, and even a picnic meal consisting solely of his nine favorite types of pie. Eventually, Harold gets lost, but by using the moon as his guide, he manages to find his way safely back home. In the simple illustrations, Harold is depicted in shades of brown and white while his drawings are, of course, shown in purple. First published in 1955, HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON is a classic homage to the powers of imagination and art. The character of Harold appears in several other picture books including HAROLD'S FAIRY TALE and A PICTURE FOR HAROLD'S ROOM.
| Author Bio| Crockett Johnson | | Best known for his "Barnaby" cartoons of the 1940s, and the deceptively simple and wildly imaginative book HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, cartoonist and children's-book illustrator/author Crockett Johnson, a professional name for David Leisk, was born and raised on Long Island. After graduating from Cooper Union and NYU in the early 1920s, Johnson held a variety of jobs. While working on a Collier's magazine comic strip called "The Man with the Little Eyes" in the late 1930s, he created the phenomenally successful "Barnaby" cartoons and began his career in the world of children's literature. After he and children's-book author Ruth Krauss were married in 1940, the two moved to Rowayton, Connecticut, where they befriended and mentored a young Maurice Sendak, best known for WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Johnson and Krauss created four books together, among them THE CARROT SEED. In the mid-1960s, Johnson switched focus and became a painter. |
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