Happy Graduation, Corduroy!
By (Author) Don Freeman
Illustrated by Jody Wheeler
Penguin USA
Viking Books for Young Readers
8th April 2025
11th March 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
Board book
12
Width 178mm, Height 178mm
142g
In this new Corduroy board book, Corduroy and Lisa put on their caps and gowns and have a very special graduation day. In this new Corduroy board book, Corduroy and Lisa put on their caps and gowns and have a very special graduation day. It's the end of the school year, and Corduroy and Lisa are graduating from kindergarten! Join them and their friends as they prepare for the day, accept their diplomas, and get excited about their next school year. Happy graduation, Corduroy! Perfect for graduations of any age, Happy Graduation, Corduroy! is yet another adventure starring Don Freeman's beloved characters that readers young and old will delight in.
Don Freeman 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.