Items related to Corduroy's Halloween

B.G. Hennessy Corduroy's Halloween ISBN 13: 9780140559927

Corduroy's Halloween - Softcover

 
9780140559927: Corduroy's Halloween
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
It’s trick-or-treat time for everyone’s favorite bear!
 
Corduroy loves Halloween. Lift the flaps and share his holiday fun! Corduroy has lots to do to get ready. He visits the pumpkin patch and finds a perfect pumpkin. He goes to the store to get everything he needs for his Halloween costume. And he decorates the house and puts out treats for all the trick-or-treaters who will knock on his door. Join in the excitement of Halloween with this holiday tale perfect for even the youngest reader.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:
Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, in 1908. At an early age, he received a trumpet as a gift from his father. He practiced obsessively and eventually joined a California danceband. After graduating from high school, he ventured to New York City to study art under the tutelage of Joan Sloan and Harry Wickey at the Art Students' League. He managed to support himself throughout his schooling by playing his trumpet evenings, in nightclubs and at weddings.

Gradually, he eased into making a living sketching impressions of Broadway shows for The New York Times and The Herald Tribune. This shift was helped along, in no small part, by a rather heartbreaking incident; he lost his trumpet. One evening, he was so engrossed in sketching people on the subway, he simply forgot it was sitting on the seat beside him. This new career turned out to be a near-perfect fit for Don, though, as he had always loved the theater.

He was introduced to the world of Childrens' 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 popularbooks for children, including Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, and theCaldecott Honor Book Fly High, Fly Low. For more information about Don Freeman, please visit:

www.donfreeman.info


B.G. Hennessy is the author of Road Builders and The First Night (both Viking and Puffin). She lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

From School Library Journal:
PreSchool-Grade K?Appealing watercolor illustrations, spare text, and lift-the-flap surprises make Corduroy's Halloween a nice laptime selection. Preschoolers will delight in following along as the endearing bear selects the perfect pumpkin; buys decorations, a costume, and treats; and has a Halloween party. There's lots to see on each page, and while the story doesn't hold a candle to Freeman's books, it makes a colorful holiday treat for the youngest patrons.?Denise Furgione, Atlantic County Library, Mays Landing, NJ
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherPuffin Books
  • Publication date2000
  • ISBN 10 0140559922
  • ISBN 13 9780140559927
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages16

(No Available Copies)

Search Books:



Create a Want

If you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!

Create a Want

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780670861934: Corduroy's Halloween: A Lift-The-Flap Book

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0670861936 ISBN 13:  9780670861934
Publisher: Puffin, 1995
Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace