Un Bolsillo Para Corduroy = A Pocket for Corduroy Paperback - 1995

Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, in 1908. At an early age, he received a trumpet as a gift from his father. He practiced obsessively and eventually joined a California danceband. 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. He managed to support himself throughout his schooling by playing his trumpet evenings, in nightclubs and at weddings.

Gradually, he eased into making a living sketching impressions of Broadway shows for The New York Times and The Herald Tribune. This shift was helped along, in no small part, by a rather heartbreaking incident; he lost his trumpet. One evening, he was so engrossed in sketching people on the subway, he simply forgot it was sitting on the seat beside him. This new career turned out to be a near-perfect fit for Don, though, as he had always loved the theater.

He was introduced to the world of Childrens' Literature, when William Saroyan asked him to illustrate several books. Soon after, he began to write and illustrate his own books, a career he settled into comfortably and happily. 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. Ideas just come at me and after me. It's all so natural. I work all the time, long into the night, and it's such a pleasure. I don't know when the time ends. I've never been happier in my life!"

Don died in 1978, after a long and successful career. He created many beloved characters in his lifetime, perhaps the most beloved among them a stuffed, overall-wearing bear, named Corduroy.

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. For more information about Don Freeman, please visit:

www.donfreeman.info

Don Freeman naci el 11 de agosto de 1908 en San Diego, California; y falleci en febrero de 1978. Freeman se destac como artista plstico, ilustrador de peridicos, dibujante, litgrafo, ilustrador de libros, autor e ilustrador de libros para nios. Don Freeman comenz su vida en una situacin difcil, ya que queda hurfano muy joven. Se gradu de la Escuela de los Principia de alta en St. Louis, Missouri. Segn la leyenda, uno de los instructores de Don Freeman tom nota de su talento y modalidades previstas para el joven artista para entrar en el ya famoso Art Students League de Nueva York.

Don Freeman fue introducido por primera vez a la literatura infantil cuando William Saroyan le solicit ilustrar varios libros infantiles. Sin embargo, su mayor influencia provino de la artista Honor Daumier. Freeman haba estudiado muchas de las obras de Daumier y posea una gran coleccin de libros sobre el artista. A lo largo de su carrera Don Freeman, fue autor e ilustrador de ms de 20 libros para nios. l es mejor conocido por su publicacin "Corduroy". A pesar de muchas ideas provenan de s mismo, su esposa, Lydia Freeman, contribuy en gran medida a su xito, al haber sido co-autora de dos libros con l, incluyendo "Chuggy and the Blue Caboose and Pet of the Met". Ella fue muy influyente en el trabajo de su marido, ya que l se bas en ella para inspirarse en sus obras.