Beady Bear: with the Never-Before-Seen Story Beady's Pillow

Description

The kind of book small children will delight in, noted The New York Times of this cuddly classic by the bestselling author of Corduroy. The whimsically illustrated tale of a wind-up toy that longs to live like a real bear is now presented with the unpublished sequel Beady's Pillow, another heart-tugging charmer only recently discovered by Freeman's son.

Don Freeman is known to many as the author of Corduroy and other children's books. He is also famed as a graphic artist who vividly portrayed the street life and theater world of New York City in the 1930s and '40s. He studied etching with John Sloan and frequently portrayed subjects from Broadway theater, politics, and the circus.