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HAPPY GRADUATION, CORDUROY!

Don Freeman Jody Wheeler

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.

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Book Published 2025-03-11 by Viking BFYR

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Corduroy was one of the first books inducted into the Indies Choice Book Awards Picture Book Hall of Fame.

Close to 20 million copies of the Corduroy books have sold in the United States and around the world.

Foreign sales for the CORDUROY Series: Chinese (Simplified) ThinKingdom/Beijing BabyCube Chinese (Complex) Hsinex Japanese Kogakusha/Kaiseisha/Holp/Komine-Shoten Korean BIR Portuguese (Brazilian) - LAVOR & LANGONE LTDA Romanian Cartea Copiilor Russian Kariera Spanish Ediciones Obelisco Swedish Modernista Thai SCG Foundation Vietnamese Quang Van Education

One of School Library Journal's "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time (2012) One of the National Education Association's "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children.

Corduroy's creator, Don Freeman, received the Kerlan Award in recognition of his singular attainments in the creation of children's literature.

A story that can stand next to the original two Corduroy tales without apology. A pleasurable and satisfying back story for the beloved bear named Corduroy. Not too long, not too hardjust right.