Harold and the Purple Crayon

From beloved children’s book creator Crockett Johnson comes the timeless classic Harold and the Purple Crayon!
One evening Harold decides to go for a walk in the moonlight. Armed only with an oversize purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of wonder and excitement.
Harold and his trusty crayon travel through woods and across seas and past dragons before returning to bed, safe and sound. Full of funny twists and surprises, this charming story shows just how far your imagination can take you. 
“A satisfying artistic triumph.” —Chris Van Allsburg, author-illustrator of The Polar Express

Children's Books

JOHNSON, Crockett

Arts, Music & Photography

Harpercollins

From beloved children’s book creator Crockett Johnson comes the timeless classic Harold and the Purple Crayon!
One evening Harold decides to go for a walk in the moonlight. Armed only with an oversize purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of wonder and excitement.
Harold and his trusty crayon travel through woods and across seas and past dragons before returning to bed, safe and sound. Full of funny twists and surprises, this charming story shows just how far your imagination can take you. 
“A satisfying artistic triumph.” —Chris Van Allsburg, author-illustrator of The Polar Express

Harold's Circus

Young Harold draws quite a crowd with his talented feats

With his purple crayon, Harold draws his way into an enchanted garden troubled by a giant witch

Harold's Fairy Tale: Further Adventures With the Purple Crayon

Literature & Fiction

Nursery-science fiction tale of Harold's drawing his way to the planet Mars

Harold's Trip to the Sky

Harold, hero of the popular adventures with a purple crayon, makes his debut in an I Can Read Book as he steps into the picture he draws for his room.

A Picture for Harold's Room

Classics

HarperCollins, Publishers

A Picture for Harold's Room (I Can Read Book 1)

A small boy tours the wonderful world of imagination, using his handy purple crayon to create the images in his adventure through the stars and finally back to his bed.

Harold y el lapiz color morado

Teresa Mlawer

Action & Adventure

HarperCollins Espanol

Harold at the North Pole

Its Christmas Eve and Harold needs a Christmas tree. So, with purple crayon in hand, he sets off to find one. Before long, Harold arrives at the North Pole, where a snowbound (and very purple) Santa Claus needs his help to save Christmas! Harolds Christmas adventure is as fresh and funny today as when it was first published in 1957. Now back in print after forty years, Harold at the North Pole will delight fans old and new. In celebration of the re-release of Harold at the North Pole, all five ingenious and endearing picture books about the purple-crayon-wielding Harold are being reissued. A bold and bigger trim size along with bright and engaging treatments of the original cover art bring these treasured books to new generations of Harold fans!

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Books by JOHNSON, Crockett

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Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold's Circus

Harold's Fairy Tale: Further Adventures With the Purple Crayon

Harold's Trip to the Sky

A Picture for Harold's Room

A Picture for Harold's Room (I Can Read Book 1)

Harold y el lapiz color morado

Harold at the North Pole

Harold at the North Pole