Corduroy and Company: A Don Freeman Treasury

by Don Freeman

Book Overview

Generations have grown up with Don Freeman's picture books, and many of today's parents are reading aloud the same favorite books that they loved as children. In this welcome collection, 11 of Freeman's most appealing tales, including Corduroy , Dandelion , Norman the Doorman , Mop Top , and his Caldecott Honor Book Fly High, Fly Low are collected in one edition. One story, Gayelord the Goat , has never before been published and is seen here for the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670035106
• ISBN13: 9780670035106
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.3" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Not a picture book - many illustrations are omitted, most others are reduced greatly in size. Only a

I was very disappointed to receive this book. At least it has the words, I guess. But the pictures are often what capture a young child’s heart in the picture book genre. This has a Caldecott winning book in it - an award given for illustrations! This is a poorly done collection for the publishers to make money without paying for the ink to actually remake the stories.

Corduray & Company

The book is a great collection of wonderful childhood stories. It is a great addition to my neice's little library.

A Treasury Indeed!

This wonderful treasury book contains ten of the beloved stories of the talented and original writer/artist, Don Freeman including his best loved character, the irrepressible teddy bear, Corduroy, complete with their full color illustrations. It also contains a never before published story called Gayelord, about a very colorful goat.There is an interesting introduction and nice photographs of Don Freeman. Chuggy and the Blue Caboose is a great story about a little snow-plower caboose and his engine friend, Lucy, that save the day. In Pet of the Met we meet Maestro Petrini, a dashing and clever mouse who works as a page-turner for the prompter at the Metropolitan Opera House. The story of Beady Bear is next, followed by everyone's favorite red-headed boy, Mop Top. Fly High Fly Low, a Caldecott Honor Book from 1957 tells the story of two pigeons, Sid and Midge, and their adventures in San Francisco, featuring many of that city's beautiful landmarks. Who can resist the adorable Norman the Doorman, the charming mouse doorman of the majestic Museum of Art who becomes an artist in his own right. Enjoy Dandelion as he gets fancied up for a party and don't forget Tilly Witch, the Queen of Halloween, (sadly, now out of print) but still to be found riding her surf board with a whisk broom for a skeg in this great collection. Flash the Dash, the story of a dachshund who delivers telegrams, rounds out the treasury. At the back of the book is a biographical article with more photographs of Don Freeman and samples of his drawings for other genres. I love this book because it collects so many beloved stories in one place. It makes these gems available, preserving them for future generations and is an affordable package that makes it easy for parents to provide these classics for their children. Hopefully, it will encourage folks to seek out the individual story books, too, so they can enjoy the full size illustrations. Don Freeman's characters are so filled with fun and are so lively and expressive, they are not to be missed.