Even young viewers of “Harold and the Purple Crayon” may feel they’ve seen versions of most of these effects before. For what made the book special wasn’t just that Harold could draw anything.

It’s a picture book about a crayon that is told he is red, but can’t do things that red crayons can do, like draw red strawberries, red hearts or red ants. Instead, everything he draws is blue.

There was a villain at work, of course, but I don't mean the Child Catcher. It was the executives at United Artists who were so eager to make a movie out of this book that they somehow decided the ...

Before there was a feature film or a book, there was Crockett Johnson. By A.O. Scott “How does Harold draw himself?” my friend Noam wondered. Noam is 4, so he has a taste for the kind of ...

Actor Zooey Deschanel is bringing the beloved children's book, "Harold and the Purple Crayon," to the big screen. The film, which hits theaters on Friday, brings the classic story to life — with ...

Crockett Johnson’s 1955 children’s book, Harold and the Purple Crayon, tells the story of a boy and his empurpled crayon alone in the world. When Harold doesn’t use his trusty companion to ...

In 1998, HarperCollins relaunched the “Harold” books – seven picture books in which the title character, standing on a blank page, uses his purple crayon to draw the world and his adventures ...

In this “joyous and inventive” re-reading of celebrated children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, the author of How We Change (and Ten Reasons Why We Don’t ...

The official trailer has been released for Sony’s “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” the children’s book adaptation from director Carlos Saldanha starring Zachary Levi and Zooey Deschanel.

It’s a picture book about a crayon that is told he is red, but can’t do things that red crayons can do, like draw red strawberries, red hearts or red ants. Instead, everything he draws is blue.

However, he somehow managed to draw himself off of the book’s pages into our world. After relying on a purple crayon his whole life, Harold is going to have to learn how real life functions.

Even young viewers of “Harold and the Purple Crayon” may feel they’ve seen versions of most of these effects before. For what made the book special wasn’t just that Harold could draw anything.