I looked around again, this time for something to write with, and found a purple crayon and a brown paper towel.

Thinking she was smothering, Sybil used her purple crayon to scratch on the inside of the bin so someone would know she had been there.

His children, echoing his efforts, have decorated parts of the other walls with purple crayon.

There were the hours she spent scrubbing her daughter's purple crayon off the upholstery of a rental car, for example.

The protagonist, Harold, is a curious four-year-old boy who, with his purple crayon, has the power to create a world of his own simply by drawing it.

Gone are the 20 versions of the purple crayon; in their stead are hotter, fresher offerings like electronic and computer toys.

CHILDREN need a place to work, too, even if their idea of work involves a flat surface and a purple crayon.

As sunset approaches, it's as if the distant mountains suddenly were shaded by a purple crayon.

They are about to have words over that purple crayon, I believe.

'No, Mommy, I been drawing little, tiny baby fish with my purple crayon,' he said.