From beloved children’s book creator Crockett Johnson comes the timeless classic Harold and the Purple Crayon! This imagination-sparking picture book belongs on every child's digital bookshelf.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, saf...

From the treasured author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes an I Can Read adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.Harold needs a picture for his bedroom wall, so he takes his purple crayon and begins to create a whole new world around him. But then he notices he has gotten very small—half the size of a daisy! Only a very clever artist could find his way home now.This Level 1 I Can Read imagination-sparking adventure is perfect for the begin...

Pick up the latest tale in the classic Harold and the Purple Crayon series and follow Harold as he hunts for treasure! This new story based on Crockett Johnson’s beloved character encourages readers to pick up their crayons and use their imagination to go wherever they’d like.A moonlit walk on the beach makes Harold yearn for adventure on the high seas! With his trusty purple crayon in hand, the curious Harold finds a ship and sails off to meet a pirate captain, a ...

A classic Harold and the Purple Crayon holiday adventure picture book!Harold at the North Pole finds Harold in need of a Christmas tree and Santa in need of Harold’s help. In this perfect Christmas Eve story, it's up to Harold to draw a pack of jolly reindeer to transport Santa, along with his big bag of toys, through the night and save Christmas!Crockett Johnson’s Christmas adventure, a beloved classic children's book with clever and inve...

Originally published in 1959 and out of print for two decades, this collection of very short stories chronicles Ellen’s relationship– complete with two-way conversations–with her floppy stuffed lion. Ellen’s temperament is a bit like Christopher Robin’s (though her appearance is a clone of Harold, from Harold and the Purple Crayon fame), but her lion is a no-nonsense, tougher-minded Pooh, with the voice of reason and reality to counter Ellen’s high-flying imagination. The stories ...

Ellen e il suo leone fanno lunghe conversazioni, viaggiano lontano, giocano al dottore e vivono ogni sorta di avventure. In questi dodici esilaranti episodi, Crockett Johnson ci racconta la serietà del gioco e il divertimento di condividerlo con un amico di pezza.Insieme a Harold c’è una bambina tra i personaggi più celebri creati da Crockett Johnson. È Ellen, protagonista di questa raccolta di divertentissimi racconti insieme al suo inseparabile amico, un leone di pezza. Ellen, id...

Nuove esilaranti avventure per Ellen e il suo leone di pezza: dalla storia del loro incontro all’imbarazzante incidente del pupazzo di neve, dal disastro al circo agli immancabili battibecchi…L’umorismo fulminante di Crockett Johnson in un appassionato omaggio all’immaginazione.Dopo Ellen e il leone – vincitore del Premio Andersen come Miglior libro 6/9 anni – altre otto brevi e fresche storie, una delizia da leggere insieme a voce alta o come prime letture autonome.

From the creator of the treasured children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.Harold is going on an alphabet adventure from A to Z with his trusty purple crayon! This imaginative classic story is just right for little ones learning their ABCs.“A unique kind of ABC book.” (The Horn Book)What will Harold draw on his journey from A to Z?A Classic Picture Book:

From beloved 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 ca...

From the treasured creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.Unable to fall asleep one night, Harold uses his purple crayon to create his very own bedtime fairy tale, complete with castles, fairies, flying carpets, and an enchanted garden.

From the treasured author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.Harold needs a picture for his bedroom wall, so he takes his purple crayon and begins to create a whole new world around him. But then he notices he has gotten very small—half the size of a daisy! Only a very clever artist could find his way home now.

Crockett Johnson (born David Johnson Leisk, 1906-1975) and Ruth Krauss (1901-1993) were a husband-and-wife team that created such popular children's books as The Carrot Seed and How to Make an Earthquake. Separately, Johnson created the enduring children's classic Harold and the Purple Crayon and the groundbreaking comic strip Barnaby. Krauss wrote over a dozen children's books illustrated by others, and pioneered the use of spontaneous, loose-tongued kids in chi...