Corduroy Themes

Long before Lady Gaga proudly declared, "I'm on the right track, baby/I was born this way," Corduroy taught young readers that they didn't need to change themselves in order to be loved. Corduroy's...

Corduroy's confusion and amazement at the things he finds in the department store suggest that this is his first time ever leaving his shelf. Remarkably, the little teddy bear doesn't show any sign...

Honestly, we probably wouldn't have addressed this theme in the text, but Don Freeman himself wrote to his editor that he "wanted the story to show the vast difference between the luxury of a depar...