Philip Nel is professor of English at Kansas State University and his new book is titled, How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Making of a Children’s Classic.
I spoke with Philip Nel about the structure of the book, which is made up of 30 short chapters that highlight what readers might miss from a preliminary reading of Harold and the Purple Crayon, as well as some of the historical context surrounding the book’s publication.
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How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Making of a Children’s Classic was published by Oxford University Press.
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