Corduroy Lost and Found

by B.G. Hennessy, Don Freeman (Created by), Jody Wheeler (Illustrator)

Overview

A beloved story about a classic character, newly available in board book!

Corduroy the teddy bear slips out very early one morning to get a birthday present for Lisa. He spies what he thinks is a yellow balloon up in the sky and goes chasing after it, thinking that would be perfect for her. But when the sun rises, the "balloon" disappears. And now Corduroy is lost. Can he reuinte with his best friend and find her the perfect birthday present?

Written in the whimsical style of Don Freeman and illustrated in the exact scratchboard technique he used to create Corduroy and A Pocket for Corduroy, Corduroy Lost and Found will delight even Corduroy's very youngest fans. This board book edition is publishing just in time for the 50th anniversary of Corduroy's original publication!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780670061006
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	09/14/2006
Series:	Corduroy Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	268,766
Product dimensions:	9.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.36(d)
Lexile:	AD510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

B.G. Hennessy grew up in Wantagh on Long Island, NY. At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, she majored in fine art and learned how to design, print and bind handmade books. She also took courses in Children’s Literature. The combination of form and content in the picture book format fascinated her and after graduation she headed for NYC where she worked for 17 years in children’s book publishing as a designer and art director. She is the author of Road Builders and The First Night, as well as many books starring Corduroy, the loveable toy bear created by Don Freeman. She now lives with her family in Arizona.

Don Freeman (1908–1978) 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. During his career as an artist, sketching impressions of Broadway shows for the New York Times and The Herald Tribune, 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!" He created many beloved characters in his lifetime, perhaps the most beloved among them a stuffed, overall-wearing bear named Corduroy.

Editorial Reviews

Expanding on the beloved character created by Don Freeman, B.G. Hennessy pens the tale Corduroy Lost and Found, illus. by Jody Wheeler, in which the cub heads out to get a birthday present for his pal Lisa, and winds up on an adventure that takes him astray-luckily Lisa finds him, not far from where he started. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

With Madeline and Little House spin-offs on her resume, plus Rosemary Wells's Yoko and Friends series, the technically versatile Wheeler replaces Lisa McCue to illustrate this latest Corduroy episode in a credible imitation of Don Freeman's style. Similarly, the tale reads like ersatz Freeman. Corduroy sneaks out of the apartment one night in search of a birthday present for Lisa (who hasn't aged a day since her first appearance in 1968), and winds up out on the street, where Mr. Gonzalez the news vendor keeps him safe until Lisa comes along putting up "Lost Bear" posters. "The only thing I wanted for my birthday was to have my best friend home with me!" she exclaims, before a closing double portrait with cake, balloons and a big lollipop. The actual author and illustrator get no cover billing, but that shouldn't bother readers willing to settle for respectable replacements. (Picture book. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews