作者巧妙地运用孩子的逻辑和语言,真切地描画出他们自由想象的历程。作品简洁生动,充满奇异幻想。简单的线条,引领儿童走入奇异的世界,有益于拓展儿童的想象力、创造力,健全儿童情感世界。阿罗梦笔生花的奇妙故事让无数读者着迷,在美国、英国、法国、德国等国家,学龄前儿童及家长几乎都读过阿罗。美国《出版商周刊》将该书评为20世纪最有影响力的作品之一。
Harold needs a picture for his bedroom wall. So he takes his
purple crayon and begins to create a whole new world around him.
But then he notices he has gotten very small-half the size of a
daisy Only a very clever artist can find his way home now.
關於作者:
克罗格特·约翰逊,在众星如云的美国儿童文学史上,克罗格特·约翰逊作品的数量并不多,这位戏称自己为“世界上最懒的人”的男人却以最原始的观念和表现手法,开创了一种新的图画类型与风格,至今无人可取代或模仿。他创作的阿罗形象聪明、单纯、可爱,热爱幻想。
Crockett Johnson was the pen name of cartoonist and children''s
book illustrator David Johnson Leisk October 20, 1906–July 11,
1975. He is perhaps best known for the comic strip Barnaby
1942–1952, 1960–1962 and the Harold series of books begun with
Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Born in New York City, Johnson grew up in Elmhurst, Queens,
studying art at Cooper Union in 1924, and at New York University in
1925. He explained his choice of pseudonym as such: "Crockett is my
childhood nickname. My real name is David Johnson Leisk. Leisk was
too hard to pronounce -- so -- I am now Crockett Johnson!"[1] He
died of lung cancer.