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A small boy goes through the television screen for a party with the puppets from his favorite program and is asked to stay.
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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 dance band. 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 children’s 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.
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 children’s 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.
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- PublisherViking Books for Young Readers
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0670538043
- ISBN 13 9780670538041
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages40
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The Paper Party
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Don Freeman (illustrator). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Color Illustrations; Stated First edition with correct accompanying number line. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. Sturdy Library Binding (but not ex-library copy). The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's large black marker name on the front pastedown page. "Throughout Don Freeman's career, he was the writer and illustrator of more than 20 children's books. He is best known for his publication of Corduroy. Although he came up with many of his ideas on his own, his wife Lydia Freeman contributed greatly to his success; indeed, she co-wrote two books with him, Chuggy and the Blue Caboose and Pet of the Met. She was very influential on her husband's work, as he relied on her for inspiration for his pieces. He would read his work aloud to her as well as any children around in order to gain feedback on a particular piece. Lydia too became a well-known artist in her later life. In his autobiography "Come One, Come All! Don humorously admits that of the two, she was the better (watercolor) artist." (from Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # A37815
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The Paper Party in Color Dustjacket, 1 NITE Jory was watching his favorite TV Show , Dinky Dong, the funny Puppet Clown who leaned out of the Screen. we are having a Party
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Don Freeman (illustrator). 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1974, First Edition Stated. with full number line GOOD+/VG-, EX-LIBRARY Usual wear, Rub, STAMP ETC, This is a well-read copy with usual XL marks, Pocket, Tape. Dust jacket is pretty presentable but has label at spine , OBLONG 10.5 X 8.25 IN. Color Pictorial cvr Duplicates DJ Illustration with TAPE RESIDUE on front corners, UNPAGINATED, , we are having a party tonite & we want you to be our guest so he let down a little Red Ladder so he climbed into television set leaving his dogPeetza asleep on the rug. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 28549
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