Even young viewers of "Harold and the Purple Crayon" may feel they've seen versions of most of these effects before. For what made the book special wasn't just that Harold could draw anything.

a world full of children's drawings coming to life would be fairly terrifying all on its own. Maybe the movie isn't a dumb idea. Maybe the live-action Harold And The Purple Crayon is labeled in ...

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it ... real life - and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks ...

Philip Nel, “Crockett Johnson and the Purple Crayon: A Life in Art,” Comic Art, 5 (2004): 2-18. Philip Nel. Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: A Biography, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, in ...