Crockett Johnson
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Crockett Johnson was the pen name of cartoonist and children's book illustrator David Johnson Leisk (1906—1975). He is perhaps best known for the comic strip Barnaby (1942-1952, 1960-1962). Johnson also collaborated on four children's books with his wife, Ruth Krauss.
The books Harold and the Purple Crayon, Harold's Fairy Tale, and A Picture for Harold's Room have been adapted for animation by Gene Deitch.
Works
- Barnaby (1943)
- Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley (1944)
- Ruth Krauss, The Carrot Seed (1945), illus. by Johnson
- Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955)
- Is This You? (1955), co-written with Ruth Krauss
- Barkis: Some precise and some speculative interpretations of the meaning of a dog's bark at certain times and in certain (illustrated) circumstances (1956)
- Harold's Fairy Tale (Further Adventures of with the Purple Crayon) (1956)
- Harold's Trip to the Sky (1957)
- Terrible, Terrifying Toby (1957)
- Time for Spring (1957)
- Harold at the North Pole (1958)
- The Blue Ribbon Puppies (1958)
- Ellen's Lion: Twelve Stories (1959)
- The Frowning Prince (1959)
- Harold's Circus (1959)
- Will Spring Be Early? or Will Spring Be Late? (1959)
- A Picture for Harold's Room (1960)
- Harold's ABC (1963)
- The Lion's Own Story: Eight New Stories about Ellen's Lion (1963)
- We Wonder What Will Walter Be? When He Grows Up (1964)
- Castles in the Sand (1965), illus. by Betty Fraser
- The Emperor's Gifts (1965)
- Magic Beach (2005), with an appreciation by Maurice Sendak and an Afterword by [Philip Nel]
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