You know, I could just see a bear wearing corduroy overalls with one button missing … the minute I settled on Corduroy and Lisa, everything came together.” He chose the name “Corduroy” for his cuddly main character because it was once his nickname for his son, Roy. How did he settle on a stuffed bear as the hero of such a tale? “I don’t remember how or when a toy bear came into my life,” wrote Don to editor Linda Zuckerman, "but he must have come from way out of my past. His goal was to create a story that juxtaposed the luxury of department stores with the relatively modest lives of their patrons. HISTORYĪuthor and illustrator Don Freeman wanted to write a picture book about a character who explores a department store at night. In 50 years, this little teddy bear has appeared in more than 40 books and warmed the hearts of thousands. Corduroy first appeared in 1968 on the shelf of a department store and young readers fell in love.
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