Picture book · Fiction
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson
About the book
Harold draws his own world with a purple crayon — a path, a moon, a boat — and draws his way back home to bed.
Reading notes
A pure celebration of imagination; children often want to try "drawing a story" afterwards.
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Book details
- Author
- Crockett Johnson
- First published
- 1955
- Suggested ages
- Ages 3–6 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Best read aloud
- Topics
- imagination, art
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780064430227 · HarperCollins, September 15, 2015 · Paperback
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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