Corduroy (Spanish Edition)

(Board book)

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A Spanish-language board book of the original favorite Corduroy story! Corduroy, la historia original y favorita de todos en un libro de cart n en espanol. Corduroy es un osito que en un tiempo vivi en la jugueteria de una tienda grande. Dia tras diaesperaba junto a los otros animales y munecas que alguien viniera y se lo llevara a casa. One ofSchool Library Journal's "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time (2012) One of the National Education Association's"Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."

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One ofSchool Library Journals "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time (2012)
One of the National Education Associations"Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."

"A winning, completely childlike picture book in which a stuffed bear waiting hopefully in a toy department finds a home with a little black girl. Endearing, brightly colored pictures."--Booklist

Author Bio

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 forThe New York TimesandThe 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, includingCorduroy,A Pocket for Corduroy, and the Caldecott Honor BookFly High, Fly Low.