A Pocket for Corduroy
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Plot
Lisa accidentally loses Corduroy, her teddy bear, at a laundromat. After a series of adventures, while Corduroy searches for material to make a pocket, he becomes trapped in a laundry basket until he is found the next morning by the laundromat's owner. Corduroy is reunited with Lisa, who promptly takes him home to sew a pocket onto his overalls so that Corduroy can carry a name card with him.
Reception
Mary LeCompte of Common Sense Media praised the book, writing that it "has all the charm of the original with a gentle but lively plot and highly descriptive pictures."[2] Kirkus Reviews was also generally positive.[3]
Adaptations
A Pocket for Corduroy was made into a short television movie in 1986.[4] An American Sign Language (ASL) version of A Pocket for Corduroy was released through Scholastic Corporation/Weston Woods in 2009. This version includes the original story, artwork, voice-over, music and read along captions.[5] The 2000 animated TV series Corduroy was based on A Pocket for Corduroy as well as its predecessor.[6] A stage version of the two books was also produced by the Children's Theatre Company in 2018.[7]
References
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