Crockett Johnson

Harold uses his fantastic purple crayon to draw himself some wonderful adventures.

One evening, Harold takes a walk on the beach. With the moon to keep him company and his purple crayon in hand, he has everything he needs for an adventure on the high seas.

The beloved comic strip is finally given the Fantagraphics treatment. Barnaby's deft balance of fantasy, political commentary, sophisticated wit, and elegantly spare images expanded our sense of what comic strips can do. Barnaby revolved around a precocious five-year-old named Barnaby Baxter and his fairly godfather Jackeen J. O'Malley. Yet O'Malley, a cigar-chomping, bumbling con-artist and fast-talker, was not your typical protector. His grasp of...

Harold takes a trip to the moon and comes home again simply by drawing his way through the letters of the alphabet with a purple crayon.

Everyone tells a small boy that the carrot seed he has planted will never grow, but his patience is rewarded.

So anxious is the groundhog to predict an early spring that he is grossly misled by an artificial flower.

Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.

"Creative, endearing and simply beautiful, the tale of Harold's wondrous journey through his imagination has delighted readers for over fifty years. To many fans it is not just a charming story, but a book that used easy vocabulary and simple but poignant language to first teach them how to read. Now this new translation of the classic text can help children learn to read French. Full of ferocious dragons, deep oceans and steep cliffs, this exciting...

A bird hatches from its egg and learns to fly.