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Analysis Of Harold And The Purple Crayon By Crockett Johnson

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Crayons are very essential to children and their development. This is how children express themselves, what they are going through, and what they have seen. “In Harold and the Purple Crayon, the popular children's book by Crockett Johnson (1955), Harold draws his world with a purple crayon. Readers follow his purple marks as he faces a dragon, enjoys a picnic of pies, and takes a ride in a hot air balloon, all under the light of a moon he makes with his crayon. Harold draws us into a world of his own making and allows us to better understand his likes, dislikes, dreams, and fears. The idea that a child's drawings can tell us something about the child and his or her world is not a new one. Years before Harold drew his first moon, the drawings
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