Crockett Johnson

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.

One evening, Harold takes a walk on the beach. With the moon to keep him company and his purple crayon in hand, he has everything he needs for an adventure on the high seas.

The beloved comic strip is finally given the Fantagraphics treatment. Barnaby's deft balance of fantasy, political commentary, sophisticated wit, and elegantly spare images expanded our sense of what comic strips can do. Barnaby revolved around a precocious five-year-old named Barnaby Baxter and his fairly godfather Jackeen J. O'Malley. Yet O'Malley, a cigar-chomping, bumbling con-artist and fast-talker, was not your typical protector. His grasp of...

The long-lost comic strip masterpiece by legendary children's book author Crockett Johnson (Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Carrot Seed), collected in full and designed by graphic novelist and Barnaby superfan Daniel Clowes (Ghost World). Volume Three collects the postwar years of 1946–1947, continuing five-year-old Barnaby Baxter and his Fairy Godfather J.J. O'Malley's misadventures. Bumbling but endearing, Mr. O'Malley rarely gets his magic...

Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.

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...

Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.

With the aid of his purple crayon, Harold goes to the North Pole to get Santa ready for his journey.

Read along with Harold as he grows up and has adventures with his two friends, Moose and Porcupine! Join Harold, Porcupine, and Moose as they surf the ocean's waves, get lost in the big city, learn to ride a motorcycle, and discover a world much bigger than they could ever imagine.