Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

Why we liked this book:  A simple book about a little boys imagination and love for drawing.

Activity: I have come to learn that my kids love to make up their own stories.  So...we decided to write our own stories using a....you guess it...purple crayon!  I folded a regular piece of paper in to fourths and then cut out the squares.  I made enough squares for each kid to have 8 pages.  Then they drew pictures with a purple crayon and made up a story of whatever they wanted.  My daughters was about a princess playing soccer and my sons was about a ninja finding a treasure.