Harold and the Purple Crayon

books:


	• Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books) HarperTrophy, 1981 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 150 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

It's a classic for a reason

My daughter's an only child, so I encourage her imagination as much as possible, so she doesn't notice there are no siblings to play with. I remember this book fondly as a child (inspired me to draw and I ended up becoming an art student). I love watching her face as she's looking at each new picture and seeing how the simple lines make a picture with "depth". She loves the steady paced adventure as a bedtime story.

Love it!

My daughter (2) received this book as a gift for Christmas. At first she wasn't very interested in it because it didn't have many colors in the pages, but when we sat down to read it, she didn't want me to stop. She loved it and I enjoyed it too. It was the first time both of us read this book. Now she likes to watch the cartoon version on the weekends. It's really a great story. Sparks the imagination!

for more information click here

Travel in time

My cousin is having her first child and as I am much older and my children are grown I thought it would be a neat gift for each one of them to choose a few of their favorite childhood books to buy and send in a package to her for the new arrival. As a teacher I could have picked many, but I wanted to choose one that still inspires my little ones now. Every year my new students love to hear about Harold's adventures and make purple journals of their own and draw where they would like to visit themselves with purple crayons. This simple but timeless story always has been dear to me and continues to fascinate my students year after year.

for more information click here

Create Your Own Life

This book can be a favorite for Pre-K children on up! Harold goes on an adventure, creating each scene of the adventure with just one purple crayon. The single color and simple illustrations are similar to those of a young child at that age so it is easy for a child to relate to them. Pre-K children who have this book read to them can't wait to see what "trouble" Harold will get into next or how he will get out of a predicament he has unwittingly created with his purple crayon. For a young child the adventure of Harold is enough of a story.

This book, in my opinion, provides a timeless message for all. It reminds us that our imagination can work in strange ways. We can create problems and also solve seemingly insurmountable problems with our imagination.

Just like Harold we can create our lives.

for more information click here

Harold and the Purple Crayon

I love this book and i just had to get it for center i work for!
It's a book no daycare center shold be without!

reviews: 1, 2, page 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

hot

not?

What's your opinion?

Write a review and share your thoughts!

recommendations

Best All-Time Children's Books Part One - Young Readers
Best children's classic picture books
CR2.0 Favorite children's books
Books for Emerging Readers
the aspiring artist

search for books
harold and the, 50th, anniversary, books, crayon, edition, harold, purple

Impressum / about us