With the aid of a magic purple crayon, a small but very resourceful boy named Harold draws himself into an assortment of delightful adventures. Deciding to go for a walk in the moonlight, he draws a moon and a long straight path, then sets off. The products of his purple crayon—a tree, a dragon, a picnic, a sailboat, a mountain, a hot air balloon—contribute to his adventures, until he grows tired enough to head home. It’s hard to imagine a more ingenious concept for a picture book, or a more delightful celebration of the powers of the imagination. Harold is the most winning of protagonists, and his adventures delight readers from the earliest age.
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