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A Picture for Harold's Room
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A Picture for Harold's Room
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A Picture for Harold's Room

Written by Crockett Johnson

Narrated by Charles Cioffi

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Harold draws a picture for his room with his purple crayon, all the while changing perspective within his creation.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 1, 1971
ISBN9780545690225
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Crockett Johnson

Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) was the writer and illustrator of over twenty books for children, including the beloved classic Harold and the Purple Crayon, six subsequent adventures starring Harold, and The Carrot Seed, written by his wife, Ruth Krauss. He was also the creator of the groundbreaking Barnaby, one of the most influential and ingenious comic strips of the twentieth century.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    That intrepid toddler Harold turns to interior decoration in this sixth title devoted to his crayon-created adventures, deciding that his room needs a picture, and setting out to draw one. It's hard not to get sucked into one's drawing, however, when you have a magical purple crayon, and soon Harold is inside the picture itself, progressing from a giant who towers above the houses, seas and mountains he creates, to a smaller-than-a-daisy boy who is dwarfed by a mouse. Will he ever get back home to his own room again...?Unlike its five predecessors, from Harold and the Purple Crayon to Harold's Circus, all of which were presented as picture-books, A Picture for Harold's Room is presented as an early reader, and part of the prestigious I Can Read line of books. I'm not sure this really makes a difference, in terms of either text or artwork - all the books could be used as either beginning readers or picture-book bedtime stories, I suspect - although it's interesting that the publisher thought it was necessary to distinguish this one from the others. Leaving issues of publication and genre aside, this was another engaging depiction of a child's imaginative play, with Harold creating his own adventures as he goes. Recommended to young children who have enjoyed some of the other Harold stories!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Harold draws and becomes a part of a picture. A fun story for fans of Harold and his purple crayon. A rather challenging read for it being labeled level 1 and over 60 pages long which may deter some readers. However, each page does only have a sentence or two of text.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    In this story, much like the original book, Harold is drawing a picture that becomes somewhat real. He becomes very involved in the picture and gets very worried about it, until he realizes that it is just a picture. He goes back to his old room and draws a little picture for the wall, just as he'd planned the whole time.