Don Freeman

"A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all." "Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he's the bear for her. Her mother, though, thinks he's a little shopworn--he's even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear...

A toy bear who wants a pocket for himself searches for one in a laundromat.

A teddy bear spends his days at a store, waiting for someone to buy him.

Dandelion overdresses for a come-as-you-are party and is turned away because the hostess does not recognize him.

When Lisa takes Corduroy to the theater for the first time, Corduroy heads out on his own to explore the whole building, including the dressing rooms, orchestra pit, and prop table.

Includes A Pocket for Corduroy (Corduroy goes on an adventure through the Laundromat in search of the one thing he thinks he is missing, a pocket); Blue Burt and Wiggles (two best friends try to make the summer last forever); and Big Al (Big Al wants to make friends, but all of the other fish are afraid of him, until one day he proves what a great friend he can be). Features sign language vocabulary and alphabet fingerspelling.