A Picture for Harold's Room

by Crockett Johnson

Paperback, 1985

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Collection

Publication

HarperCollins Publishers (1985), Edition: Reprint, 64 pages

Description

Stepping into the picture he has drawn with his purple crayon, Harold continues drawing his way through various adventures.

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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
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
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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!
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LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary
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
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planned the whole time.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

8.5 inches

ISBN

0064440850 / 9780064440851

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