Book recommendation: Harold and the Purple Crayon

Buy it: Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon (By Crockett Johnson) – A young boy named Harold decides to go for a walk one night in the moonlight with his purple crayon. But there is no moon and their is no walking path so he draws them with his crayon. The illustrations in this story are simple purple line drawings and show how Harold uses his imagination to move the story along. As he walks, he draws an apple tree, then a dragon, then a sailboat and then a mountain and creates his own adventure.

The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!