Harold's ABC

I was absolutely surprised and delighted when I read this book for the first time with my toddler. We loved the original book, Harold and the Purple Crayon, and I was excited to get the other books by Crockett Johnson when I saw that Harold had other adventures. This book is so incredibly clever...he does such a great job weaving a tale while cleverly incorporating the letter into a picture of something starting with that letter. There are a couple of spots where he uses unusually "grown-up" words (i.e. "edifice" and "etcetera" under E), but that's fine. Help my toddler develop a more sophisticated vocabulary. ;-) LOVE this book...I would recommend for 2-year olds and up.

I worried that my little one wouldnt love these books like I did. They were absolute magic for me, but I'm Generation X and the only 'flashy' kid product we got was Sesame Street (still a fave) and even that's flashier now. The whole world is animation and soundtracks and though its fun and has its place... I worried the wonder of that purple crayon wouldnt hold up. I was wrong.Harold (the original Crockett J versions) is a household favorite. My husband who grew up without them (and is the purveyor of much of the flashy commercial stuff in the house) LOVES them too.Just... be ware the newer, non-Crockett Harolds. I found those disjointed and entirely lacking in magic.

a great little story as we are getting the ABCs to our grandson... he loves herold anyway from 'herold and the purple crayon'...

Good but not nearly as good as the original Harold and the Purple Crayon: Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books). I'd really give it 3.5 stars. This one is kind of silly and tedious to read. Some of the word choices for the letters are odd especially considering that the book is meant for young children.My son asks for the original Harold much more and that book is brilliant, in my opinion.

This is an awesome book for anyone’s lil ones. I also have “Harold’s purple crayon” too is a great book. Will buy more of Harold’s adventures.

I only recently found out about this story. As a result, I felt like it was the perfect addition to my unit on ABC books for my kindergarten students!

This is not your typical ABC book! Harold and his purple crayon draw a letter which turns into something that uses that letter as a skeleton, and starts with the letter. For instance the letter K builds a kite. My four year old grandson loved it! He thought it was funny to have a crayon make a letter which makes something.

A classic, with appeal for many ages.

I love the Harold books, I have all that I can find. While this is an interesting journey for Harold through the alphabet, there are two things I find difficult about it. One, I've been told it's best to teach your child the small case alphabet at first, and this is all upper case. Also some of the words don't start with the phonic sound, which isn't great.I think this was written a long time ago, so I can forgive it, and I still love it, and will no doubt form part of teaching my little one the alphabet as she gets a bit older, but for those looking for the perfect book to start teaching their child the alphabet - this isn't it!

We started with Harold and the purple crayon and ordered this as a follow up - it has been a big hit!

Se lo he regalado a mi sobrina de 4 años y le ha encantado. Lo compre por estar recomendado en una página inglesa.

A present for my granddaughter. She likes Harold.

Harold's Purple Crayonシリーズの１つ。主人公が自分でお話（絵）を描いていくのも、1ページ2行程度なのも、色は紫か黒（グレー）なのも、他と同じです。冒険がABCのアルファベットと共に進んでいくのが特徴。文の中に、例えばEなら"E is for Etcetera"と出てくる前に、"enormarous edifice"などと意味が通じる範囲で"E"から始まる単語が出てきます。英語を始めたばかりのABCの本と考えるには難しく、お話と捉えても、他のシリーズより単語が難しいです。それを承知の上であれば、楽しい良く出来た絵本です。よく分からなくても4才の娘は「読んで」と時々持ってきます。

AからZまでの旅なので、結構長い（厚い）ですし、単語も難しいです。いっぺんに全部は読めないので、３ページくらいずつ読んでいます。絵本という感じではないので、読んでいると、息子（1歳）はおもちゃを求めてどこかへ行ってしまいます。ちょっと自分には難易度が高かったかな？と思いました。