Newtown High School – Philip Nel

Crockett Johnson in New York: A Walking Tour, in Honor of his 106th Birthday

October 20, 2012Philip NelCrockett Johnson, Maps, Newtown High SchoolCrockett Johnson, Maps, Newtown High School3 Comments

David Johnson Leisk was born 106 years ago in an apartment at 444 East 58th Street, New York City. If you’re in New York today, you might give yourself a walking tour (aided by the subway) of where the creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) and Barnaby (1942-1952) grew up. Dave Leisk –

Going Back to High School â€” 90 Years Back

August 4, 2011Philip NelBiography, Childhood, Crockett Johnson, Education, Newtown High School, Ruth KraussBiography, Childhood, Crockett Johnson, Education, Newtown High School, Ruth Krauss3 Comments

What was high school like 90 years ago?Â This Newtown High School HandbookÂ provides some sense of what it was like in Newtown, Queens in 1921, when Crockett Johnson (a.k.a. David Leisk) was a student there.Â No yearbooks from the Newtown class of 1924 (Johnson’s graduating class) survive, but plenty of things do: The Queens Public

He Was a Teen-age Harold: Crockett Johnson’s High School Cartoons

August 5, 2010Philip NelBiography, Children's Literature, Comics, Crockett Johnson, Newtown High SchoolBiography, Children's Literature, Comics, Crockett Johnson, Education, Newtown High School

Two high-school cartoons by Crockett Johnson. Neither has been seen since the 1920s.