Harold's Trip to the Sky

My toddler and I love these books. The originals by Crocket Johnson are more imaginative than the newer full color ones. That is why I give this all five stars. Brilliant!

Harold and his majic crayon will take you and your child on majic adventures. As your child's imagination grows you will find the secret behind the majic crayon that will change your life forever. Harold has many books that take you on many trips and many adventures but never without his majic crayon. What is his secret? It is your resposibility to interduce your child to Harold and the Purple Cryon.

This is our favorite Harold book. When my son asks for Harold, this story is usually the one he's thinking of. And there's some humor for the parent as well, which I appreciate.

Our son loves Harold and the Purple Crayon, so we ordered this Trip to the Sky story. At first I didn't find it as clever, but the more we read it, the more our son enjoys it. We love the imaginative exploration, Harold's ingenuity, and the simple yet unique drawings. The move from night to day is wonderfully sudden, and the play with words once again delightful. The dated paranoia about u.f.o.s is amusing to us, and it's the perfect kind of "scary" for a not-quite three-year-old.

As a child between the age of 6 and 8, I remember going to the library with my mother and checking out each of the adventure's that Harold had. I must have checked them all out more than ten times each. The concept of a small boy using his purple crayon to imagine many things was so fun. The vocabulary is suitable for the reccommended age group. The pictures are great. The spectacular thing and most valuable lesson is that it not only teaches one how to read, but it also says it's o.k. to have an imagination. Today I still remember how much I loved Harold and his purple crayon. I plan to buy all of the Harold books not only because of my love for them, but to one day share them with my children.