![]() ![]() This story of a small teddy bear waiting on a department store shelf for a child’s friendship has appealed to young readers generation after generation. ![]() One of School Library Journal’s "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time (2012) One of the National Education Association’s "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."ĭon Freeman's classic character, Corduroy, is even more popular today then he was when he first came on the scene in 1968. And where better to start than with a nighttime adventure through the department store, searching for a new button!Ĭelebrate 50 years of this irresistible childhood classic, a heartwarming story about a little bear and a little girl finding the friend they have always wanted in each other. Her mother, though, thinks he’s a little shopworn-he’s even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear for Lisa. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he’s the bear for her. ![]() Don Freeman was the author and illustrator of many popular books for children, including Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, and the Caldecott Honor Book Fly High, Fly Low. ![]() Corduroy was first introduced to readers in 1968, and in the fifty years since, his adventures have never stopped.Ĭorduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time. He created many beloved characters in his lifetime, perhaps the most beloved among them a stuffed, overall-wearing bear, named Corduroy. ![]()
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