For more information about Don Freeman, please visit: www.donfreeman. Don Freeman was the author and illustrator of many popular books for children, including Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, and the Caldecott Honor Book Fly High, Fly Low.

He created many beloved characters in his lifetime, perhaps the most beloved among them a stuffed, overall-wearing bear, named Corduroy. I've never been happier in my life!' Don died in 1978, after a long and successful career. I work all the time, long into the night, and it's such a pleasure. Through his writing, he was able to create his own theater: 'I love the flow of turning the pages, the suspense of what's next. Freemans earlier book, 1964s Dandelion, was read by Gordon on Sesame Street in Episode 0056. Soon after, he began to write and illustrate his own books, a career he settled into comfortably and happily. Corduroy featured in a 2000 Nelvana animated series aired on PBS. He was introduced to the world of Childrens' Literature, when William Saroyan asked him to illustrate several books. This new career turned out to be a near-perfect fit for Don, though, as he had always loved the theater. One evening, he was so engrossed in sketching people on the subway, he simply forgot it was sitting on the seat beside him. This shift was helped along, in no small part, by a rather heartbreaking incident he lost his trumpet. Gradually, he eased into making a living sketching impressions of Broadway shows for The New York Times and The Herald Tribune. He managed to support himself throughout his schooling by playing his trumpet evenings, in nightclubs and at weddings. Will's quill or, how a goose saved Shakespeare, Don Freeman, May 10, 2004, Juvenile Fiction, 32 pages. After graduating from high school, he ventured to New York City to study art under the tutelage of Joan Sloan and Harry Wickey at the Art Students' League. The Teeth of the Lion tells the story of the common dandelion, that remarkably widespread plant that is known, for better or worse, by just about everybody. He practiced obsessively and eventually joined a California danceband. At an early age, he received a trumpet as a gift from his father. Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, in 1908.

Dandelion by don freeman