Corduroy

Corduroy 是一隻可愛的泰迪熊，靜靜的坐在展示櫃上，等待一個有愛心的小主人帶他回家。

這天，一個小女孩來到了他面前，”喔！這就是我最想要的泰迪熊！”可是，媽媽不讓她買，只因為Corduroy的弔帶褲上少了一顆釦子…

如何讓孩子知道不要僅以外表來判斷一個人，藉由這個故事他們一定會知道！

此書自1981年出版以來，深受全世界各地的大小朋友所喜愛及感動，相信您也會喜歡！

A picture book classic!

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.＂

Don Freeman’s classic character, Corduroy, is even more popular today then he was when he first came on the scene in 1968. 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.

Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, in 1908. At an early age, he received a trumpet as a gift from his father. He practiced obsessively and eventually joined a California dance band. After graduating from high school, he ventured to New York City to study art under the tutelage of Joan Sloan and Harry Wickey at the Art Students’ League. He managed to support himself throughout his schooling by playing his trumpet evenings, in nightclubs and at weddings.

Gradually, he eased into making a living sketching impressions of Broadway shows for The New York Times and The Herald Tribune. This shift was helped along, in no small part, by a rather heartbreaking incident: he lost his trumpet. One evening, he was so engrossed in sketching people on the subway, he simply forgot it was sitting on the seat beside him. This new career turned out to be a near-perfect fit for Don, though, as he had always loved the theater.

He was introduced to the world of children’s literature when William Saroyan asked him to illustrate several books. Soon after, he began to write and illustrate his own books, a career he settled into comfortably and happily. Through his writing, he was able to create his own theater: ＂I love the flow of turning the pages, the suspense of what’s next. Ideas just come at me and after me. It’s all so natural. I work all the time, long into the night, and it’s such a pleasure. I don’t know when the time ends. I’ve never been happier in my life!＂

Don died in 1978, after a long and successful career. He created many beloved characters in his lifetime, perhaps the most beloved among them a stuffed, overall-wearing bear named Corduroy.

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.