Corduroy by Don Freeman
Penguin Putnam, NY, 2008
Hardback, 32 pages
ISBN: 978-0-6700-6336-9
Suggested reading age: 5+
Reviewed by: Indrani Perera
Rating: ****
I love that in spite of a lifetime of reading, there are still gems like this one to discover. Books that I missed in my childhood but that I can meet and share with my children in their childhoods. And I am sure that I will still be doing the same when my girls have kids of their own!
This is a lovely tale of a forgotten toy sitting on the shelf at a toy shop, waiting for an owner. He is lonely until one day along comes a little girl who falls in love with him and takes him home.