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When Harold sets out to find a Christmas tree, his famous purple crayon leads him to the North Pole and back before drawing just the right tree (topped by the moon) "between the fireplace and the big soft chair." While not as big in size as a standard picture book, this new edition (which contains the original art and text) is larger than the palm-sized original.