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Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)
HarperTrophy, 1981
We Love Harold !
My son loves to read about Harold's adventures over and over and over again. After Harold, it's Cyrano, a caterpillar failing in school in Life's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Successand then Nate the piglet that turns a school upside down when he visits in ...
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Hand Art (Chicken Socks) (Klutz Chicken Socks)
Klutz, 2005
Great fun for many ages!
We love this book. It has 20 different animals/aliens/bugs you can draw all from tracing your hand a certain way. The instructions are helpful and you can easily restock the supplies. All you need is some pompoms and googly eyes, though you can just draw those in if ...
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My Crayons Talk
Patricia Hubbard
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1999
Rhythmic, Colorful Fun for Children
In this title, Patricia Hubbard uses rhythm and fun to introduce colors. Children are quickly reciting the repetitive refrains with smiles on their faces as this book is introduced. G. Brian Karas' illustrations are colorful and imaginative providing good ...
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I Can Crayon (Usborne Playtime)
Ray Gibson
Usborne Books, 1997
terrific simple ideas to inspire
I teach art to elementary students and have used many of the wonderful ideas in this book: making a truck out of an envelope,drawing catepillars, making crayoned paper snowflakes, and a loopy snake paper sculpture(big hit with the students). The price is great for ...
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Harold at the North Pole (Harold and the Purple Crayon)
HarperTrophy, 2004
Harold Saves Christmas
It's Christmas Eve, Harold doesn't have his tree yet and he decides he needs one before Santa arrives. So armed with his imagination and his purple crayon, Harold sets off for the north woods to find the perfect tree. He follows the north star, encounters a blizzard, ...
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Harold's Fairy Tale (Further Adventures of with the Purple Crayon)
HarperTrophy, 1994
Further Adventures with the Purple Crayon
"One evening Harold got out of bed, took his purple crayon and the moon along, and went for a walk in an enchanted garden".
So begins this classic tale, which expands on numerous original elements first introduced in its also excellent predecessor, Harold and the ...
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The Crayon Box that Talked
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1997
Great Book!
I am a 3rd grade teacher and this book is great for a quick lesson on getting along with others and the importance of being different and accepting one anothers differences. My class loved it!!
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Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon (Amber Brown)
Paula Danziger
Puffin, 2006
Step in to the feisty world of Amber Brown and friends!
Third grader, Amber Brown, and Justin Daniels have been best friends ever since preschool. They always know what the other is thinking, have created a giant ball of chewed gum that is their prized possession, and have the perfect way to eat Oreo cookies - Amber eats ...
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The Girl with the Brown Crayon
Vivian Gussin Paley
Harvard University Press, 1998
Children reading Leo Lionni's books
Paley's purpose for writing this book consists of helping to open our minds to the insights of children. She implies in her writing that we, as adults, can learn from children. Paley wrote about events that took place in her classroom during her last year of ...
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Crayon Rubbings (Chicken Socks)
Chicken Socks, 2006
Great book for the car
I don't understand the previous review about the designs not showing through the pages of the book. I've had two 4-year old boys using it for months without any difficulty. They have only used the plastic pattern sheets with the attached book, never with plain paper. ...
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How to Write a Children's Picture Book Volume II: Word, Sentence, Scene, Story: Learning from Leo the Late ...
Eve Heidi Bine-Stock
E & E Publishing, 2006
A must have for picture book writers
I was having trouble with rhythm and beats in my picture book writing. This book really helped me learn the beat structure in picture book writing and how they create rhythm. My picture book writing seemed flat and lifeless and now, thanks to this book, it has the ...
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From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth About America's Public Schools
Steve Baldwin, Karen Holgate
WND Books, 2008
Great look inside our schools
From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth About America's Public Schools is a great look at the horrors being passed as "educational programs" in the United States today. Read this book if you either have a child in Government Schools (no schools are "Public," as we ...
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Harold's Circus (Purple Crayon Books)
HarperTrophy, 1981
Best Childrens Book
This is a great book easy for children to read and know what they are reading. i sujest you get all of the harolds books starting with this one and the going to harold and the pruple crayon.. these books take a kids imagination and make them become life like... the ...
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Bad Day at Riverbend
Chris Van Allsburg
Houghton Mifflin, 1995
Love 'Bad Day'
A teacher I was working in the classroom with read this book to her 4th grade class. I was hooked! I read this book to children from the 1st grade to the 5th. I cannot read this book out loud without laughing! This is a wonderful book, I love it! Van Allsburg is now ...
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Harold and the Purple Crayon: Under the Sea (Festival Reader)
Liza Baker
HarperEntertainment, 2003
more adventures with Harold
Neither my daughter nor I can tell that this is not by Crockett Johnson. Harold finds a unique way to cool off on a hot summer night.
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