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Corduroy (Corduroy)
by
Don Freeman
Have you ever dreamed of being locked in a department store at night? The endearing story of Corduroy paints a picture of the adventures that might unfold (for a teddy bear at least) in such a situation. When all the shoppers have gone home for the night, Corduroy climbs down from the shelf to look for his missing button. It's a brave new world! He accidentally gets on an...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
March 11th 1968
by Viking Children's Books
(first published 1948)
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Corduroy has an wholesome, old time feel to it. My toddler daughter and I enjoyed reading this together. I liked seeing things happening through Corduroy's eyes. I was rooting for the little guy to find a home and for someone to look past the fact that he wasn't in perfectly new shape. If we owned this one, I could see my daughter requesting it over and over.
This was a Children's Picture Book Club read for the month of December:
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This was a Children's Picture Book Club read for the month of December:
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A classic sweet tale of a little bear that finds a home in a little girl's heart.
Corduroy, written and illustrated by Don Freeman, is a beautiful story about friendship. Corduroy is a toy bear at a department store who sits on his shelf day after day, waiting for someone to take him home. One day, a little girl comes into the story and looks right at him and instantly knows that he is the perfect bear for her, but her mother says she probably doesn’t want him because he’s missing a button. Corduroy never noticed this before, and he spends the whole night looking for a way to...more
Corduroy is a traditional story about a bear who wants to find a home. A little girl sees him at the department store one day and she wants to buy him. However, the little girl's mother tells her that the bear looks used as he is missing a button. When Corduroy realizes he has lost his strap button, he sets out into the darkened department store to find it, but fails. To his luck, the little girl comes back to buy him the next day and she takes him home. Corduroy not only has a home, but a frien...more
This is a classic book, that I loved as a child and always read when I went to my grandmother’s house. This is a touching story of a rejected bear, who had always wanted so many things, that is finally picked up off the store shelf and given everything he ever wanted. However, because Corduroy now knows he is missing a button and come night time he sneaks off the shelf and goes searching for his button. He gets noticed by the mall security officer and is placed on his shelf in time for the littl...more
I’ve fallen in love with Corduroy. Just like Lisa, the little girl in Don Freeman’s children’s book, who buys Corduroy from the toy department with her piggy bank savings.
Corduroy sadly believes that his missing button is why he’s still on the shelf instead of at home with the little girl so he goes on a search to find his button.
Lisa reappears and buys Corduroy anyway, loving him whole, despite his missing button. Once at home with Lisa, she sews a new button for Corduroy but says “I like you t...more
Corduroy sadly believes that his missing button is why he’s still on the shelf instead of at home with the little girl so he goes on a search to find his button.
Lisa reappears and buys Corduroy anyway, loving him whole, despite his missing button. Once at home with Lisa, she sews a new button for Corduroy but says “I like you t...more
Main Characters: Corduroy and Lisa
Setting: Department Store/Lisa's home
POV: narrator
Summary:
Corduroy is a very cute childrens book ! In this book, a sweet little bear in corduroy overalls awaits to be purchased in a department store. A little girl sees him and falls in the love with the bear but her mother refuses to buy him. She says that she does not have the money to buy the bear and also that he is missing a button. Once the store closes for the night, Corduroy travels all around the depart...more
Setting: Department Store/Lisa's home
POV: narrator
Summary:
Corduroy is a very cute childrens book ! In this book, a sweet little bear in corduroy overalls awaits to be purchased in a department store. A little girl sees him and falls in the love with the bear but her mother refuses to buy him. She says that she does not have the money to buy the bear and also that he is missing a button. Once the store closes for the night, Corduroy travels all around the depart...more
Corduroy is the story of an unforgettable stuffed bear, who goes on a late-night department store adventure in search of a button to complete his overalls, and ultimately ends up finding a home and a child to love him.
The theme of the work – that you are perfect just as you are – becomes evident as Corduroy is first passed over by a family, only to have the little girl of the family return the next day to purchase him, missing button and all. Corduroy does what many humans do when faced with...more
The theme of the work – that you are perfect just as you are – becomes evident as Corduroy is first passed over by a family, only to have the little girl of the family return the next day to purchase him, missing button and all. Corduroy does what many humans do when faced with...more
Grade/Interest Level – Primary/ Learn to read
Reading Level: 600L Lexile
Genre: Fantasy
Main Characters: Corduroy, Lisa
Setting: Big department store, Lisa’s home
POV: Narrator
This story is about a teddy bear named Corduroy. Lisa was about to buy him one day while shopping with her mother but she didn’t have enough money. The mother pointed out that the teddy bear look old and was missing a button. After the store closed Corduroy searched the entire department store to look for his missing button. H...more
Reading Level: 600L Lexile
Genre: Fantasy
Main Characters: Corduroy, Lisa
Setting: Big department store, Lisa’s home
POV: Narrator
This story is about a teddy bear named Corduroy. Lisa was about to buy him one day while shopping with her mother but she didn’t have enough money. The mother pointed out that the teddy bear look old and was missing a button. After the store closed Corduroy searched the entire department store to look for his missing button. H...more
Corduroy is a class children's book you may have read as a child. It is the story of a teddy bear with green corduroy overalls, who lives in the toy department of a large store and never gets sold. He waits and waits for someone to take him home until one day, a little girl comes along and wants to buy him. Her mother says "no" and points to his missing overall button. That night Corduroy searches the department store for his missing button. While he doesn't succeed, the same little girl comes b...more
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Corduroy is about a little bear who lives in a department store. A little girl wanted to buy him; however, he lost a button. He spend his night trying to find a button so that he is perfect for someone to buy. The little girl ends up buying Corduroy.
This book is a favorite of mine to read to younger students. It is an older book; however, the story is a classic tale of the love of a stuffed animal. Many younger readers have a stuffed animal they...more
Corduroy is about a little bear who lives in a department store. A little girl wanted to buy him; however, he lost a button. He spend his night trying to find a button so that he is perfect for someone to buy. The little girl ends up buying Corduroy.
This book is a favorite of mine to read to younger students. It is an older book; however, the story is a classic tale of the love of a stuffed animal. Many younger readers have a stuffed animal they...more
As a child, I used to think about all of the stuffed animals that sat on my shelf in my room and wonder if they came to life at night. I pictured lavish get-togethers with the animals in my sister's room across the hall, tea parties and dance-offs between my beanie babies and my barbie dolls.
Corduroy was one of those books that fueled my thoughts of the personification of my stuffed animals. As I read one of our other assigned books "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane", I saw several simil...more
Corduroy was one of those books that fueled my thoughts of the personification of my stuffed animals. As I read one of our other assigned books "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane", I saw several simil...more
Corduroy is a small stuffed bear that lives on a shelf with other toys in a big department store. None of the shoppers ever look at Corduroy until one day a little girl in pink coat points to him and tells her mother, “Look! There’s the very bear I’ve always wanted.” Unfortunately, her mother points out that the bear is missing a button and says not, “Not today, dear.” Corduroy had never realized he was missing a button, but that night after the store closes he climbs down from the shelf to sear...more
The story of Corduroy is an adventure of a teddy bear that is left overnight in a department store. When all the shoppers have gone home for the night, Corduroy climbs down from the shelf to look for his beloved missing button. He accidentally gets on an elevator that he thinks must be a mountain and sees a furniture store section that MUST be a palace. He tries to pull off a button off a mattress, but falls over and knocks over a lamp, which the night watchman hears and then finds Corduroy and...more
This book like Charolette's Web was one of my all time favorites growing up. I used to read this at Christmas time with my family so I knew when I saw it at the library I had to read it again. Corduroy was a stuffed animal who was in a department store, unlike all the other stuffed bears Corduroy only had one button. Because of that no one was buying him so he stayed in the department store for a long while. Finally a little girl picked Corduroy out but her mother said no. Then Corduroy searched...more
Corduroy is just one of those adorable books that warms your heart and brings a smile to your face. It is about a little fuzzy teddy bear in a toy store who has been longing for someone to take him home. A mother and her daughter stopped by and when the daughter said that she wanted the bear, her mother replied that this bear was missing a button and that she cannot buy him today. The bear went on an adventure during the middle of the night through the department store just to find his missing b...more
As a kid I remember always wanting to be locked into Target or the mall for a night just to roam around carelessly playing with everything they had in the store. Corduroy was able to live out my childhood dream in this book, and even beyond that.
After reading it, it inspired me to go out on an adventure. I mean, I can't be like Corduroy and just find adventure in a department store during the night, but something close to it I'm sure I could do.
Throughout the entire book, the reader just wants...more
After reading it, it inspired me to go out on an adventure. I mean, I can't be like Corduroy and just find adventure in a department store during the night, but something close to it I'm sure I could do.
Throughout the entire book, the reader just wants...more
This is an all time favorite book of mine! Not only did I love reading it as a child, but I read it to my son for the first time today and he actually sat through the whole thing. I had forgotten that it was a little lengthy compared to the 6-8 page picture books we have been reading. But he seemed to love this book and that made me very happy. :) I remember as a kid that I loved when Corduroy managed to go up the escalator and get a button off of the mattress. My favorite part has always been w...more
This was one of my favorite books growing up as a child. It is a story about a little stuffed bear who lives in a toy department and sits on a shelf with all the other animals, dolls, and toys. Everyday he sits and waits for someone to take him home. One day a little girl stops in front of him and begs her mother to buy him for her. Her mother explains she has spent too much money already and points out the fact he is missing a button off his overalls. That night after the store has closed he de...more
Corduroy is a story written by Don Freeman. When I saw this book, I immediately got excited to read it because I remembered loving the story when my mom read it to me as a child. A funny memory that I have with this book is reading it around Christmas time; I don't remember the other times that it was read to me, but I remember asking my mom to read it to me over and over during the holidays. However, what I did not remember was the inspirational message embedded in the story. All Corduroy wants...more
I remember having this book read to me when I was younger, so naturally I got excited to see that it was a book that I could choose from the list and read. This is an amazing children’s book. It reminds me of my own teddy bear that I have. Also, it kind of has the toy story feel with the teddy bear having human characteristics. This is a very cute book.
Corduroy is a teddy bear with green corduroy overalls. Everyday people come into the store and no one ever buys him. One day a little girl cam...more
Corduroy is a teddy bear with green corduroy overalls. Everyday people come into the store and no one ever buys him. One day a little girl cam...more
I love Corduroy! I remember reading this book almost everyday when I was in elementary school. What I didn't realize back then was that there is such an important message to this book. Corduroy is stuffed bear that lives in a department store. The only thing he wants is for someone to buy him! One day a little girl gets his hopes up because she wants to buy Corduroy, but her mom will not buy him because he has a button missing. So that same night, Corduroy looks all over the department store for...more
Corduroy was one of my childhood favorites and I still love it! I am struggling to write an adequate review, and since I am pressed for time I will just say for now that I love everything about it! I feel all the emotions are conveyed so well, from Corduroy's loneliness to the girl's sense of finding a "kindred spirit" in the bear, to Corduroy's wish to find the button to make himself more appealing, to his glorious adventure (oh, how I loved that escalator "mountain" and the many fabulous mattr...more
Genre: Other Picture Book
Corduroy is a bear for sale at a toy department store longing for a friend to take him home. He realizes he is missing a button, so he goes on an adventure through the store to try and find his button and make himself more sell-able. Will Corduroy ever find his button? Will Corduroy ever find a friend? Will Corduroy ever find a home?
a.) A major strength is the characterization of the main character, Corduroy.
b.) The author of this book does a great job of evoking emotion...more
Corduroy is a bear for sale at a toy department store longing for a friend to take him home. He realizes he is missing a button, so he goes on an adventure through the store to try and find his button and make himself more sell-able. Will Corduroy ever find his button? Will Corduroy ever find a friend? Will Corduroy ever find a home?
a.) A major strength is the characterization of the main character, Corduroy.
b.) The author of this book does a great job of evoking emotion...more
“Corduroy,” a traditional short story, by Don Freeman tells the story of Corduroy the teddy bear who has been on the department store shelf for a long time. One day, a little girl admires him, but her mother says she cannot buy him because they’ve spent too much money and Corduroy isn’t worth the money because he has a missing button. That night Corduroy searches the department store for his button but is unsuccessful and returned to his shelf by the security guard. The next morning, the little...more
this book is appropriate for children in grades K-4.
the beginning of the book starts off with a stuffed bear named corduroy sitting in the toy store in the mall. a little girl came up to him and wanted to buy him but her mother said she could not get him that day and pointed out that he was missing a button on his overalls. when the girl left and the mall closed, corduroy comes to life. he didnt notice he was missing a button so he set out in search for it. he searched all over the mall until he...more
the beginning of the book starts off with a stuffed bear named corduroy sitting in the toy store in the mall. a little girl came up to him and wanted to buy him but her mother said she could not get him that day and pointed out that he was missing a button on his overalls. when the girl left and the mall closed, corduroy comes to life. he didnt notice he was missing a button so he set out in search for it. he searched all over the mall until he...more
This is a children's picture book that I grew up with and always enjoy reading. It is about a stuffed bear (Corduroy) who lived in a department store. One day a little girl comes in and wanted to purchase him but her mom said that he was missing a button so they left without buying him. That night Corduroy goes exploring the department store for a button so he could fix himself. He ends up in an area of the department store that had sofas and lamps and beds. He tries to take a button off from th...more
Why 5 stars? Because I can, and if you don't like it, I'll see to it that you have a nipple ripped off, and that there's no little girl around to sew it back on you! This book was awesome when I was a kid, and it still is. However, the escalator scared me because I always thought it was going to eat Corduroy. See, even as a child I was fucked up in the head; a great big ball of fear, ha ha. The security guard was a little scary too. Plus, he's a little bear all alone in the mall after closing ti...more
Corduroy, written and illustrated by Don Freeman tells the story of a bear in a toy store. Corduroy is a bear full of adventure and excitement. He lives in a toy store with all his friends. None of the shoppers who visited the store wanted to by Corduroy, except for one very lucky little girl. Lisa came to the store one day and fell in love with Corduroy. Lisa’s mom spent too much money and said that they could not purchase Corduroy. Lisa went home and counted all her hard earned saved up money...more
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Corduroy – The Search For a Friend
Based on Corduroy by Don Freeman
This story first published in 1968 was one that we all grew up with. I can actually say I remember reading it as a child. There was something about that little bear wearing clothes that resonated with me as a little girl. The way Lisa rescued him was something I believed I did as a child to the stuffed animals that...more
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Corduroy – The Search For a Friend
Based on Corduroy by Don Freeman
This story first published in 1968 was one that we all grew up with. I can actually say I remember reading it as a child. There was something about that little bear wearing clothes that resonated with me as a little girl. The way Lisa rescued him was something I believed I did as a child to the stuffed animals that...more
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Don Freeman was a painter, printmaker, cartoonist, children's book author, and illustrator. He was born in San Diego, California, attended high school in Missouri, and later moved to New York City where he studied etching with John Sloan.
Frequent subjects included Broadway theatre, politics, and the circus. He was also a jazz musician, and the brother of circus entrepreneur Randy Freeman.
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Frequent subjects included Broadway theatre, politics, and the circus. He was also a jazz musician, and the brother of circus entrepreneur Randy Freeman.
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