Crockett Johnson Biography
Crockett Johnson - American author and illustrator, 1906-1975 Crockett Johnson Best known as the creator of Harold and the "Purple Crayon Books” and as illustrator of Ruth Krauss’s The Carrot Seed, Crockett Johnson was a cartoonist whose simplest, sparest, and boldest outlines produced unforgettable, gently humorous, and always endearing caricatures