Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)

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	Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books) HarperCollins, 1981 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 155 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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.

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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!

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!

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.

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Imagination run wild

I just got my son his first library card (remember them?) at the age of two and this was the first book we took out. I had heard of it, but didn't have it as a child and wanted to have a read through before I considered purchasing it. I LOVE this book and so does my son. The very thing that reviewers complain about: the limited illustrations, is what makes this book so great. In a time where our kids are constantly overstimulated visually (ie. TV, computers, video games, etc.) it is so nice to have books that are simple, clever and inspire imagination.

As a working artist, I can appreciate the simple genius of this book, not only in it's illustrations, but also in it's encouragement to use our imaginations, or what's left of them.

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