Ellen's Lion: Twelve Stories by Crockett Johnson

Crockett Johnson. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $12.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-375-82288-9

Ellen's Lion (1959) by Harold and the Purple Crayon author Crockett Johnson, chronicles the conversations-in 12 stories-between an imaginative child and her stuffed animal. Johnson makes the most of his three-color palette, with scenes in pumpkin-orange, brown and shades of gray, all rimmed in his confident black line.

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