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Crockett Johnson (1906–1975)

Autor(a) de Harold and the Purple Crayon

59+ Works 12,867 Membros 294 Críticas 4 Favorited

About the Author

Crockett Johnson, pen name for David Johnson Leisk, was born October, 20, 1906 in New York City. He studied art at Cooper Union in 1924 and New York University in 1925. He wrote political cartoons for the New Masses from 1940-1943. In 1942, his popular character Barnaby first appeared in the mostrar mais newspaper, PM, and was later syndicated into 52 American newspapers. He married author Ruth Krauss in the early 1940s and illustrated three of her children's books: The Carrot Seed, How to Make an Earthquake, and The Happy Egg. His first children's book, Who's Upside Down? was published in 1952. His well-known series with his character Harold, began in 1955 with Harold and the Purple Crayon. He died of lung cancer on July 11, 1975 at the age of 68. mostrar menos

Séries

Obras por Crockett Johnson

Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) 7,700 exemplares
A Picture for Harold's Room (1960) 869 exemplares
Harold's Circus (1959) 508 exemplares
Harold's ABC (1981) 467 exemplares
Harold's Trip to the Sky (1957) 311 exemplares
Is This You? (1955) 129 exemplares
The Blue Ribbon Puppies (1958) 114 exemplares
Ellen's Lion: Twelve Stories (1959) 104 exemplares
Barnaby (1943) 67 exemplares
Magic Beach (1965) 64 exemplares
Barnaby, Vol. 1 (2013) 63 exemplares
Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley (1944) 44 exemplares
Barnaby, Vol. 2 (2014) 33 exemplares
Barnaby, Vol. 3 (2016) — Autor — 28 exemplares
Mr. O'Malley Goes for the Gold (1986) 16 exemplares
Jackeen J. O'Malley for Congress (1985) 16 exemplares
Mr. O'Malley, Wizard of Wall Street (1986) — Autor — 15 exemplares
Barnaby Volume Four (2020) 11 exemplares
J.J.O'Malley Goes Hollywood (1986) 10 exemplares
Time for Spring (1957) 10 exemplares
Harold's Treasure Hunt (2020) 9 exemplares
Who's Upside Down? (1990) 5 exemplares
The emperor's gifts (1965) 4 exemplares
The Frowning Prince (1974) 4 exemplares
Haroldo Vira Gigante (2008) 3 exemplares
Terrible terrifying Toby (1957) 3 exemplares
Merry go round, (1958) 3 exemplares
Saga of Quilby 2 exemplares
"HAROLD NELLO SPAZIO" (2021) 2 exemplares
Paultje op Mars 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Carrot Seed (1945) — Ilustrador — 4,229 exemplares
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories (2000) — Contribuidor — 361 exemplares
Mickey's Magnet (1956) — Ilustrador — 341 exemplares
The Little Fish That Got Away (1956) — Ilustrador — 301 exemplares
Strange Stories for Strange Kids (2001) — Contribuidor — 220 exemplares
The Happy Egg (1967) — Ilustrador — 197 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 6, February 1975 (1975) — Ilustrador — 5 exemplares
How to Make an Earthquake (1954) — Ilustrador — 4 exemplares
Linus (2019) (Vol. 1) (2019) — Artista da capa — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Johnson, Crockett
Nome legal
Leisk, David Johnson
Data de nascimento
1906-10-20
Data de falecimento
1975-07-11
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New York City, New York, USA
Local de falecimento
Westport, Connecticut, USA
Causa da morte
lung cancer
Locais de residência
New York, New York, USA
Educação
Cooper Union
New York University
Ocupações
cartoonist
children's book illustrator
painter
Relações
Krauss, Ruth (wife)

Membros

Críticas

Armed only with a purple crayon, a little boy named Harold draws a moon and a path to walk on, then draws his way into an adventure. Eventually he draws his way back home, and draws himself a bed to sleep in.

Very cute, but seems like it might be trying to appeal more to parents than kids. The stark drawings are beautiful, but it’s a little too long to hold my niece’s attention, and there’s the obvious concern about promoting drawing on walls. I’ll be interested to see if she likes this one more when she’s a little older.… (mais)
 
Assinalado
norabelle414 | 210 outras críticas | Feb 23, 2024 |
An adventure built on creativity and imagination with only a crayon as a prop.
 
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nlgeorge | 210 outras críticas | Feb 3, 2024 |
Independent Reading Level: Pre-K - 3
Awards: Daytime Emmy Award (2002)
 
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vflore21 | 210 outras críticas | Dec 4, 2023 |
 
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elprice | 210 outras críticas | Dec 4, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
59
Also by
10
Membros
12,867
Popularidade
#1,820
Avaliação
4.2
Críticas
294
ISBN
206
Línguas
12
Marcado como favorito
4

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