Английская Википедия:A Pocket for Corduroy

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox book A Pocket for Corduroy is a 1978 children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman. It is a sequel to his 1968 book Corduroy.[1]

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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