Note: The Crockett Johnson Homepage is an archived site. So, this entire page of external links will almost certainly not work. Why include it at all? Purely for the historical record. If you want to know where the links once led, plug them into the Wayback Machine.

— Philip Nel, 1 Feb. 2022


Crockett Johnson Homepage: Links

Crockett Johnson on the Web

About “Barnaby,” Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, and Ruth Krauss

Creative Work Inspired by Harold and the Purple Crayon

  • LK & KY’s Harold and the Purple Crayon.* A choose-your-own-adventure narrative that draws on the Harold books and includes the occasional original illustration (by LK & KY). Contains an outdated link to Mr. Underdown’s page. Last updated in November 1995; no longer on-line as of July 2001, though was still accessible courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the site on 12 May 1996. As of August 2003, the Wayback Machine no longer provides access either. See also some messages in response to the site, at the FIAR Archives — Harold and the Purple Crayon. These were no longer on-line as of July 2001, but they remain accessible courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the site on 2 Oct 1999.
  • Isn’t Ben a sweetie?* The complete text of Harold and the Purple Crayon. Last updated in January 1996. No longer at its original location, but you can still get there, courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the site on 6 Oct. 1999.
  • Purple Crayon by T. L. Kelly, a poem inspired by Harold and the Purple Crayon. Posted 5 January 1997; updated February 1999.
  • Harold (Krug) and the Purple Crayon. A granddaughter remembers her grandfather (Harold Krug) and recalls why she will always associate him with Crockett Johnson’s book. Last modified in December 1997. Although the page disappeared by March 2000, the link above will still get you there (albeit sans pictures), once again courtesy of the Wayback Machine, which captured the page on 22 Dec. 1997.
  • Thoughts in Purple by Nicholas. A rendering of Harold and his purple crayon by Nicholas, a student in Ms. Heliman’s class, Edina Public Schools, Edina, Minnesota. As of 3 November 1998, this page has disappeared.
  • Can you find the letter in each of these pictures? Inspired by Harold’s ABC. Available courtesty of the Wayback Machine, which captured the site on 6 March 2001.
  • Gene Deitch‘s official website (Deitch animated several of the Harold books). There’s another Gene Deitch page here.

Organizations named for Harold and the Purple Crayon

Readers’ Responses to Harold and the Purple Crayon

For Teachers: Activities Based on Harold and the Purple Crayon and Ruth Krauss’ The Carrot Seed

All of Johnson’s text and artwork is © by the Ruth Krauss Foundation. The rest of these pages are © 1998-2022 by Philip Nel.