The beloved classic is now available as a board book, perfect for little hands at bedtime. Crockett Johnson (born David Johnson Leisk, 1906-1975) and Ruth Krauss (1901-1993) were a husband-and-wife team that created such popular childrens books. Chris Van Allsburg, author-illustrator of The Polar Express Share this classic as a birthday, baby shower, or graduation gift! From the Back Cover Let Harold and his purple crayon lead you on a fantastic journey of the imagination. Full of funny twists and surprises, this charming story shows just how far your imagination can take you. Harold and his trusty crayon travel through woods and across seas and past dragons before returning to bed, safe and sound. As we can see in Figure 9, Crockett Johnson used the diagram in Figure 7 to produce a wonderful visualization of the two parabolas and a hyperbola doubling a cube in his painting The Problem of Delos (Menaechmus) (1968), shown in Figure 8.

Armed only with an oversize purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of wonder and excitement. One evening Harold decides to go for a walk in the moonlight. Crockett Johnson was the pen name of the American cartoonist and childrens book illustrator David Johnson Leisk. Book Synopsis From beloved childrens book creator Crockett Johnson comes the timeless classic Harold and the Purple Crayon! This imagination-sparking picture book belongs on every childs bookshelf, and this board book edition features sturdy pages and is just the right size for young dreamers.

About the Book The beloved classic is now available as a durable board book-ideal for little hands! Full color. Dave later told writer Lee Hopkins that he adopted 'Crockett Johnson' as a pen name because 'Leisk was too hard to pronounce' (124), but he actually began using the name in childhood.

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