Corduroy Analysis

Most of the action takes place in a big department store, and we must admit we're a little jealous of Corduroy's home. We've often daydreamed of camping out in a department store—its various depa...

We've been having fun with some high-minded literary analysis, but remember that Corduroy is written for very young children. They can understand and follow along with a story, but in their minds,...

The term children's literature casts a wide net, encompassing everything from, say, The Boxcar Children to alphabet board books, a.k.a. infant teething toys. Corduroy helps bridge that gap. The sim...

Freeman wants readers to root for his furry hero, so he starts tugging on readers' heartstrings right off the bat: Day after day, he waited with all the other animals and dolls for somebody to come...

Freeman—or whoever is reading the story—plays the role of the innocent observer, casually narrating the plot. Late that evening, when all the shoppers had gone and the doors were shut and locke...

The protagonist of Corduroy is a teddy bear named...Corduroy. We're not sure how much thought went into choosing this title. In all seriousness, "Corduroy"was Freeman's nickname for his son, Roy, w...

Just when it seems like Corduroy's department store adventure has failed, Lisa arrives the next morning to take him home. She stitches a button on his overalls, not because she thinks he's incomple...

Author Don Freeman moved to New York City to study art, but he made a living as a jazz musician. One day he boarded the subway without his trumpet and didn't realize the mistake until it was too la...

Uh...this book isn't steamy at all. It's a children's picture book after all, and there's really nothing to read into with this innocent tale.Move along, folks.