Using correspondence, sketches, contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts, archived and personal interviews, author Philip Nel draws a compelling portrait of a couple whose output encompassed children's literature, comics, graphic design, and the fine arts. This critical biography examines their lives and careers, including their separate achievements when not collaborating. Schulz, Chris Van Allsburg, and Jon Scieszka. Together, Johnson and Krauss's style-whimsical writing, clear and minimalist drawing, and a child's point-of-view-is among the most revered and influential in children's literature and cartooning, inspiring the work of Maurice Sendak, Charles M. Krauss wrote over a dozen children's books illustrated by others, and pioneered the use of spontaneous, loose-tongued kids in children's literature. Separately, Johnson created the enduring children's classic Harold and the Purple Crayon and the groundbreaking comic strip Barnaby. Crockett Johnson (born David Johnson Leisk, 1906–1975) and Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) were a husband-and-wife team that created such popular children's books as The Carrot Seed and How to Make an Earthquake.
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