This reviewer is certain that Corduroy and his best friend Lisa wouldn’t have it any other way. Since 1997, all proceeds from the Corduroy books have been gifted to the Lydia Freeman Charitable Foundation which was created by Don Freeman’s widow and which helps children with physical and mental disabilities all over the world. More importantly, since its 1968 debut, it has inspired millions of hugs and character-building conversations. For almost 50 years it’s been at the core of the young reader’s canon of literature and has consistently ranked within the top 25 children’s books of all time. Fortunately for fans of classic children’s literature, many of these great titles are as available, and as full of their original magic, as ever.Ĭorduroy is a story that depicts desire without selfishness, friendship without conditions – and an occasional teddy bear mishap. Freeman’s illustrations represent a diligent, devoted, hand-drawn line and colour transparency style that, for the most part, is only found in books of a bygone era. Those of us who’ve had the pleasure of reading (and re-reading) Corduroy have, page after page, been visually transfixed by Mr. He is also the perfectly adorable and quite memorable star of Don Freeman’s series of Corduroy books. Corduroy is a stuffed brown bear in green overalls who can think and feel – and wander around – all on his own.
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