Written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson.

It was illustrated by Krauss's husband, Crockett Johnson.

Astrid Lindgren might have borrowed the idea from a similar story about Mr. O'Malley in the comic strip "Barnaby" (1942) by Crockett Johnson.

Jack Morley, an assistant with Fox, also worked with Crockett Johnson on Barnaby.

This organization, less formally known as the Little Men, draws its name from the classic comic strip Barnaby by the late Crockett Johnson.

Ruth Krauss married children's book author Crockett Johnson in 1941.

"Harold and the Purple Crayon," by Crockett Johnson, is among the most beloved of these.

Leisk was too hard to pronounce - so - I am now Crockett Johnson!

Harold and the Purple Crayon is a 1955 children's book by Crockett Johnson.

Twelve years in the making, Nel's biography of Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss was published in 2012 from the University Press of Mississippi.