Before authoring one of the most beloved children's book series of all time - Harold and the Purple Crayon - cartoonist Crockett Johnson created the comic strip Barnaby. Its subtle ironies and playful allusions following the...

This is the third book in a series of five collecting Harold and the Purple Crayon author Crockett Johnson's long-lost newspaper comic strip about a five-year-old boy and his fairy godfather.

A little boy just knows that a carrot will grow from the seed that he plants--whatever his family may believe--in this brief (101 words) classic story of childhood faith rewarded. Two- and four-color illustrations.

A bird hatches from its egg and learns to fly.

For use in schools and libraries only. 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.

A good purchase for all libraries serving preschoolers through first graders because of the need for material dealing with the development of self-esteem in this age group, and because the limited vocabulary is useful,...