1. More Harold Adventures
2. About Crockett Johnson
3. Sketch Furniture
4. Some Other Make Believe Movies
5. Crayon Physics Deluxe
1. More Harold Adventures
The author Crockett Johnson's most popular book Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) led to a book series including Harold's Fairy Tale (1956), Harold's Trip to the Sky (1957), Harold at the North Pole (1958), Harold's Circus (1959), A Picture for Harold's Room (1960), and Harold's ABC (1963). The original story was made into a 7 minute short film in 1959. Watch the video below.
In 2002, the stories were adapted into a 13 episode television series for HBO.
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2. About Crockett Johnson:
"Crockett is my childhood nickname. My real name is David Johnson Leisk but Leisk is too hard to pronounce.”
Johnson was bald. Referring to his hairless head, he once remarked, "I draw people without hair because it's so much easier! Besides, to me, people with hair look funny."
He was also a painter.
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3. Sketch Furniture
Harold can draw pictures of where he wants his body to be. So does Swedish design group FRONT in their latest project Sketch Furniture.
Watch the video Sketch Furniture by FRONT below.
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4. Some Other Make Believe Movies
The Amazing Bone by William Steig
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble, illus. by Steven Kellog
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5. Crayon Physics Deluxe
Harold and the Purple Crayon inspired programmer Petri Purho to design the computer game Crayon Physics Deluxe.
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