Corduroy and Company

Generations have grown up with Don Freeman’s picture books, and many of today’s parents are reading aloud the same favourite books that they loved as children. In this welcome collection, eleven of Freeman’s most appealing tales are collected in one edition. One story, Gayelord the Goat, has never before been published and is seen here for the first time, along with the illustrations Don Freeman was completing when he died.Renowned critic Leonard S. Marcus offers insight into Freeman’s work, and an afterword tells the story of the artist’s colourful life, from trumpet player to theater illustrator to children’s book legend. Corduroy and Company is a wonderful book to share with children, who will ask for story after story. But it is also a fascinating look at the career of a man who was one of the most influential artists of his time.