Throughout the entire book, organic browns and tans of the paper, illustrations, and typeface amplify the story’s warmth and lend a rich earthiness to the boy’s expectant patience. The boy plants the tiniest of carrot seeds and lovingly nurtures it, while his parents and older brother insist that nothing will grow from it. O’Malley (1944), were among Johnson’s first books published though not intended for children, “Barnaby” and his books delighted young and old alike.Ĭrockett Johnson made his picture-book debut in 1945 when he illustrated The Carrot Seed, written by his wife, Ruth Krauss, a respected author of children’s books for the very young, Johnson’s simple cartoon drawings seamlessly match Krauss’s poetic, imagistic text of a young boy whose green thumb and self-confidence triumph over his naysaying family. Two cartoon books that contained selected episodes, Barnaby (1943) and Barnaby and Mr.
Four years later, “Barnaby” appeared in more than fifty newspapers with a total circulation of over five million. First recognized in 1942 for his syndicated newspaper comic strip, “ Barnaby,” Johnson gained national acclaim when the strip’s characters, five-year-old Barnaby Baxter and his imaginary Fairy Godfather, Mr. He worked as an art editor of several periodicals, in advertising and design, and as a cartoonist. Johnson, whose real name was David Johnson Leisk, was born in New York City and studied art at Cooper Union and New York University. Johnson’s natural gift for drawing and writing from a young child’s viewpoint enabled him to craft more than twenty juvenile books, two of which have entertained children for more than four decades. Best known as the creator of Harold and the “Purple Crayon Books” and as illustrator of Ruth Krauss’s The Carrot Seed, Crockett Johnson was a cartoonist whose simplest, sparest, and boldest outlines produced unforgettable, gently humorous, and always endearing caricatures in the world of American children’s picture books.
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