“Prior to 1998, Harold of ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ was depicted as racially ambiguous…As Johnson’s biographer and a scholar of children’s literature, I started to wonder about Harold’s race…I discovered that not everyone has seen Harold as white – possibly, not even Johnson himself.”
@vmbrasseur This was my favorite book as a child. I have a copy today so I can tell the story in #ASL. Harold was always just a little boy. Children don’t see color or race. It’s something that has to be taught. @deborahh